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Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette le fils

Battery of cannons firing on a city, plate 6 from "Various Military Caprices" (Varii capricci militari)

ca. 1641
Etching; second state of four
8.9 × 14.2 cm (3.5 × 5.6 in)

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