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Stefano della Bella|François Langlois

Plate 17: a cartouche with a marble center, an infant on either side holding a garland over the horns of a ram in center, from 'Collection of various caprices and new inventions of cards and ornaments' (Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti)

1646
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10.2 × 18.5 cm (4 × 7.3 in)

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