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Antonio Tempesta|Otto van Veen

Plate 1: Roma and Batavia Shaking Hands, from The War of the Romans Against the Batavians (Romanorvm et Batavorvm societas)

1611
Etching, first state of two, issue 1 (Bartsch)
16.5 × 21 cm (6.5 × 8.3 in)

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