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Dim interior with a laurel-crowned woman reading a book beside a shield with a Medusa head, plaster busts and a globe.

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A woman wearing a laurel wreath and a dark blue robe with a red mantle sits reading an open book in a dim interior, resting her chin on her hand. Around her lie plaster busts, a globe, books, and a shield bearing a Medusa head hangs on the wall.

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