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a Terracotta draft model by Giovanni Antonio Cybei, private collection (Photo credits: courtesy of Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara [61]); b Preparatory stucco model by Giovanni Antonio Cybei, Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, Italy (inv. 0,900,254,635) (Source: [62])