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Engraving of Neptune and Thetis beside a heraldic shield, with putti, a ship's rigging and treasure in a sea setting.

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Neptune and Thetis Carrying the Riches of the Empire to Cardinal Richelieu by Grégoire Huret, Grégoire Huret (1642), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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An engraved allegorical scene shows a bearded sea god with a trident and a crowned female figure beside a large heraldic shield, set against ship rigging and sails. Putti and attendants with bowls of treasure and a conch-blowing figure fill the foreground and waves.

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