Allegory of Birth
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An allegory of birth. The newbord child is being handed to putti. Aurora is arriving on her carriage in the background. The inscription in the lower right tablet reads ''QUO GENIO EXCEPTUM TE MATER/ MEMNONIS AFFLET / QUAS[QUE] FACES TIBI VITA ACCENDAT AD OMNIA REFERT"
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Ingenuity: Genio, Birth, Memnon, Putti, Aurora
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art