Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1581-ca.1644  Related Paintings of STROZZI, Bernardo :. | Banquet at the House of Simon (detail) er | The Charity of St Lawrence rt | Old Woman at the Mirror | Adoration of the Shepherds ar | Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Sarepta er |
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