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Stefano della Bella

Plate 10: Five Heads of Children, from "Collection of various doodles and etching proofs" (Recueil de divers griffonnements et preuves d'eauforte)

ca. 1646
Etching
2.7 × 11.7 cm (1.1 × 4.6 in)

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