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François Langlois|Stefano della Bella|François Collignon

Plate 6: a cartouche with a ram skull at top center, grapes and other fruits to either side, from 'Twelve cartouches' (Recueil de douze cartouches)

ca. 1640–45
Etching; second state of four
8.2 × 7.2 cm (3.2 × 2.8 in)

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