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Stefano della Bella

Fire, a flotilla on fire in center and to the right, two boats full of people to left, from 'The four elements' (Les quatre Eléments)

ca. 1645–50
Etching; first state of three
8.3 × 19.9 cm (3.3 × 7.8 in)

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