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Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet

Plate 1: a young man sitting on a stone, facing left in profile, holding a drawing pad in his lap and a pen in his left hand, a pedestal with title to left and ruins to right in the background, title page from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses têtes et figures)

1650
Etching
9 × 7.1 cm (3.5 × 2.8 in)

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