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Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children–Beauty and Laughter Entwined
“It's done in a very elevated way, but there's a great deal of humor here.”—Luke Syson, curator
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Pietro Bernini
ca. 1616–17