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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

Plate 6: a peasant on horseback in profile facing the right, holding a basket and talking to another man standing behind the horse, from 'Diversi capricci'

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8 × 9.9 cm (3.1 × 3.9 in)

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