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Stefano della Bella

View of a part of Calais (Veue d'un coin de Calais), a man sitting on an overturned canoe on the pier in center, men cooking over a fire to left, various figures and two ships docked in the background, from 'Views of seaports' (Vues de ports de mar)

1647
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8.8 × 13.7 cm (3.5 × 5.4 in)

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