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Classical setting with two soldiers trying to prevent Herod from killing himself with a sword; finished state of illustration preceding 'Mariamne', volume II page 125 of Voltaire's 'Collection Complète des Oeuvres', 30 vols in-4° (Geneva, 1768-1774). 1769Etching and engraving
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