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Title: Etruscan tomb paintings, Their subjects and significance
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Poulsen, Frederik, 1876- Andersen, Ingeborg, 1887-
Subjects: Tombs Art, Etruscan
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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