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Stefano della Bella

Two putti above, their legs ending in scrollwork, a bat below, from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche)

ca. 1650–56
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16.3 × 6.5 cm (6.4 × 2.6 in)

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