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Stefano della Bella

A large inhabited tree in center with ramps leading around the trunk, below a stone parapet on which people are resting or sitting, tall trees surrounding, from 'Views of the villa at Pratolino' (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)

ca. 1653
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25.6 × 37.3 cm (10.1 × 14.7 in)

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