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Nicolò Nelli

Bust profile portrait of Catherine de' Medici in an ornamented frame,from 'Portraits of some princes and illustrious people' ('Ritratti di alcuni prencipi, et huomini illustri'; also titled 'Imagines quorundam principum et illustrium virorum'), published by Bolognino Zaltieri in Venice in 1568

1567
Engraving
17.6 × 13.2 cm (6.9 × 5.2 in)

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