Hans Memling Eve
outer right panel of a triptych
approx. 1485
(Art History Museum, Vienna)



Women in Palestine
BIBLIOGRAPHY


Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe



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IMAGES OF WOMEN IN ANCIENT ART
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