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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

A barefoot peasant on horseback crossing a river, another peasant on horseback and leading a horse on a bank to right in the background, plate 5 from "Diversi capricci"

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8 × 9.9 cm (3.1 × 3.9 in)

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