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Fleetwood
Cabinet

c. 1652

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DESCRIPTION

…Inlaid in the cabinet are 10 painted scenes illustrating the erotic tales of the Roman poet Ovid. They are not quite the images that come to mind when Cromwell’s sojourn in Ireland is recalled…

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