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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

A satyr sitting against a tree to right and holding a flute in his right hand, a child playing with a goat to left, plate 23 from "Diversi capricci"

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8.2 × 9.7 cm (3.2 × 3.8 in)

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