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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

Plate 21: a poor woman to left, seen from behind, enveloping her child in a shawl, another woman seen from behind to left in background, a woman atop a horse and a man to right in background, from 'Diversi capricci'

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8.1 × 9.9 cm (3.2 × 3.9 in)

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