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Stefano della Bella

View of the Tiber river, a large tree to left, two groups of women to left in the foreground, a bridge leading to the Castello Sant'Angelo to left, above which a large flag is hoisted, clouds of gunsmoke to right and left of the castle

ca. 1656
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21 × 33 cm (8.3 × 13 in)

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