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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

Herdsman atop a horse, seen from behind, leads his cattle down a hill, a tower on a hill to left in the background, plate 24 from "Diversi capricci"

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four
8.3 × 10 cm (3.3 × 3.9 in)

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