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Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet

Plate 8: two horsemen in hats at right, each with a woman seated behind them, riding towards the left in profile across a river, a tree at far right, from 'Caprice faict par de la Bella'

ca. 1642
Etching; second state of two
6.5 × 9.4 cm (2.6 × 3.7 in)

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