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Giovanni Francesco Venturini|Polidoro da Caravaggio

Soldiers, one shown frontally and holding a sword, at right a soldier with his back turned and holding a cup, four soldiers standing behind them with standards and spears, after the lost frescoes by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the façade of the Milesi Palace in Via della Maschera d'Oro, Rome

ca. 1650–1700
Etching and engraving
17.3 × 37.3 cm (6.8 × 14.7 in)

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