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Stefano della Bella

Death on a battlefield, atop a horse riding towards the left, wearing a hat with many feathers, other figures of Death battling to left and right in the background

ca. 1646
Etching; third state of four
22.5 × 29.8 cm (8.9 × 11.7 in)

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