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Stefano della Bella

Designs for Ornamental Motifs with Figures, Real and Imaginary Animals, and Coats of Arms of the Medici Grand Dukes

n.d.
Pen and brown ink over black chalk or leadpoint (?)
19.6 × 28.3 cm (7.7 × 11.1 in)

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