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Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette le fils

Plate 10: a cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons atop an Ionic entablature, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'

ca. 1647
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12.8 × 9.5 cm (5 × 3.7 in)

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