Beatrice Cenci

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Beatrice Cenci, oil painting by Guido Reni; in the Galleria Nazionale, Rome

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Beatrice Cenci: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 21, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 02, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 07, 2023
	Deleted Web site: Charles Nicholl, "Screaming in the Castle".	Gloria Lotha	Aug 19, 2013
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999