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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

A cow drinking from a stone trough, other cows to left in background, plate 12 from "Diversi capricci"

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four
8.3 × 10.4 cm (3.3 × 4.1 in)

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