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Stefano della Bella|François Langlois

Plate 5: A Pikeman standing at right next to a canon, other military figures in the background, from 'Various Military Caprices' (Varii capricci militari)

ca. 1641
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8.5 × 13.9 cm (3.3 × 5.5 in)

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