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Stefano della Bella

Frontispiece for 'Instructions for Chancellors' (Instruzione a' Cancellieri): Medici coat of arms at top center, below two allegorical females, between them a dove holding olive branches in its mouth, Florentine landscape at bottom center

1635
Etching
21.8 × 14.3 cm (8.6 × 5.6 in)

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