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Oxford University Press: 2004,\nhttp://web.archive.org/web/20221208153516/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-15044;jsessionid=BE043077C4BAE5404EFF872147201040"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hayward, J. F.. <u>Virtuoso Goldsmiths and the Triumph of Mannerism 1540-1620</u>. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1976. 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