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Antonio Tempesta|Otto van Veen

Plate 13: Attack on the Roman Fortress at Night, from The War of the Romans Against the Batavians (Romanorvm et Batavorvm societas)

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Etching, first state of two, issue 1 (Bartsch)
16.1 × 20.5 cm (6.3 × 8.1 in)

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