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Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)|Manuel de Moura

The Round Tower Ruptured to Reveal the Statue of the King of the Romans

1637
Etching; second state of two (Mannocci)
19.4 × 13.7 cm (7.6 × 5.4 in)

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