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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

A beggar woman with three children, one child on her shoulders, one child in her arms, and one child who walks in front of her to left, plate 22 from "Diversi capricci"

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8 × 10 cm (3.1 × 3.9 in)

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