The Challenge of the Pierides by Giovanni Battista di Jacopo,( ROSSO FIORENTINO), 1495-1540 Italy, Italian, ) In Greek mythology, the Pierides or Emathides were the nine sisters who defied the Muses in a contest of song and, having been defeated, were turned into birds. )

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