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Messalina holding Britannicus, marble sculpture, c. 45 AD. Inspired by Cephisodotos' renowned sculpture, Eirene bearing the child Ploutos.
Louvre Museum, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room 24.
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