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Stefano della Bella

Plate 10: a cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons atop an Ionic entablature, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'

ca. 1647
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15.2 × 11.6 cm (6 × 4.6 in)

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