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Stefano della Bella

Three Turks and an Italian gentleman standing to right, men work on small boats in center, a fortress to left in the background, from 'Set of eight nautical landscapes' (Suite de huit Marines)

1639
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12.8 × 20.8 cm (5 × 8.2 in)

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