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Stefano della Bella

Death walking towards the right and carrying an infant upside down, another figure of Death to right in the middleground, the mass grave of Saints-Innocents in Paris in the background, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

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24.9 × 21.1 cm (9.8 × 8.3 in)

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