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Stefano della Bella|François Collignon

Plate 4: five grotesque heads, from 'Friezes, foliage, and grotesques' (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

ca. 1642–43
Etching
5.5 × 10.4 cm (2.2 × 4.1 in)

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