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Antonio Tempesta|Otto van Veen

Plate 2: The Romans Taking Old Dutch Men as Hostages and Seducing Young Ones, from The War of the Romans Against the Batavians (Romanorvm et Batavorvm societas)

1611
Etching, first state of two, issue 1 (Bartsch)
16.4 × 20.8 cm (6.5 × 8.2 in)

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