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Frontispiece for the comedy 'The Buffoons' (Li Buffoni), a set on stage resembling a public space, various figures dancing around two people in cages in center stage, fifteen spectators below

ca. 1639
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19.2 × 13.3 cm (7.6 × 5.2 in)

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