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Stefano della Bella|François Langlois

A skirmish, two horsemen battling with swords to the right, men carrying a flag running away towards the right, a dead man on the ground and a horseman seen from behind to the left, from 'Varie figure'

ca. 1645
Etching; first state of four
10.4 × 15.5 cm (4.1 × 6.1 in)

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