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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

A horseman descends a riverbank, another horseman in river to right, plate 8 from "Diversi capricci"

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8.5 × 10 cm (3.3 × 3.9 in)

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