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Stefano della Bella

Two eagles with wings spread, below two leopard heads attached to tree trunks that form three circles, from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche)

ca. 1650–56
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17 × 6.9 cm (6.7 × 2.7 in)

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