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Antonio Tempesta|Giovanni Battista di Lazzaro Panzera da Parma

Emperor Vespasian on Horseback, from the series The First Twelve Roman Caesars, plate 10

1596
Etching; first state of two (Bartsch)
35 × 52 cm (13.8 × 20.5 in)

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