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Stefano della Bella

A hunting trophy: a quiver, two arrows, two bows, a deer head, two dogs, two spears, and the head of Diana at top, from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche)

ca. 1650–56
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16.3 × 6.2 cm (6.4 × 2.4 in)

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