Birth of Alexander — Nicolas Poussin, 1640s

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Credit: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection. CC0.
Licence: CC0-1.0
Evidence: api.artic.edu artworks api: is_public_domain=true on artwork 81892 (read 2026-09-01)
Record: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/81892
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