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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

Plate 17: a man wearing a plumed hat in center facing right, a woman walking towards the left in the background, from 'Diversi capricci'

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8 × 9.7 cm (3.1 × 3.8 in)

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