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Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette le fils

Plate 6: a cartouche supported by a duck below and decorated with two nymphs whose arms become tree branches, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'

ca. 1647
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12.9 × 9.8 cm (5.1 × 3.9 in)

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