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Stefano della Bella|François Langlois

March of an army on a plain, the commander in chief in front, his aides behind him, a trumpeter on horseback at right, a plain with various figures and horses in the background, from 'Varie figure'

ca. 1645
Etching; first state of four
10.6 × 15.7 cm (4.2 × 6.2 in)

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