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Stefano della Bella

A galley covered in sails to left, six cannons and four people to left in foreground, one man seated at far left smoking a pipe, a man assisting others disembarking from rowboats to right, other rowboats and ships in the background, from 'Views of the port of Livorno' (Vues du port de Livourne)

ca. 1652–57
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23.8 × 26.2 cm (9.4 × 10.3 in)

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