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METAMORPHOSES AT THE RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM
BY HARRY EYRES
Metamorphoses Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, until May 25 Just over 2,000 years have elapsed since Ovid’s death in 17 CE, but artists have never stopped being inspired by his great fifteen-book poem Metamorp
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