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Sepulchral Monument with Laurel Wreath

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Sepulchral Monument with Laurel Wreath
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Large sepulchral monument crowned with laurel wreath. Elaborate Renaissance architectural frame.

In the Narrative

A monument crowned with the laurel of poetic glory, connecting death to artistic immortality.

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