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Stefano della Bella

Bernardino Ricci, called il Tedeschino, atop a horse in center, riding towards the left, wearing a long robe, a cape, and a hat, holding a staff in his right hand, a putto holding the Medici coat of arms at bottom left, Florence in the background

1637
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35.8 × 25.4 cm (14.1 × 10 in)

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