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Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet

A man playing the violin in center, turned towards the left in profile, a seated woman to left playing with her dancing child, another woman standing and pointing behind a tree to left, seated women in a landscape to right in the background, from "Various figures and lands" (Diverse figure e paesi)

1649
Etching
10 × 16.5 cm (3.9 × 6.5 in)

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