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"title": "Year in Review (1963)",
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"title": "Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage",
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"title": "Stefano Della Bella; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione; Jacques Bellange; Jacques Callot",
"description": "Stefano Della Bella; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione; Jacques Bellange; Jacques Callot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 7-July 13, 1980).",
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"title": "In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth)",
"description": "In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2025-January 11, 2026).",
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"did_you_know": "The patriarch of this satyr family carries a pan flute on his hip. Named for Pan, shepherd god and friend of Bacchus in classical mythology, the pan flute was associated with pastoral settings.",
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