A Couple Shaking Hands, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler — Theodor de Bry | DiscoverArt

A Couple Shaking Hands, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler

1580–1600

Engraving

6.7 × 14.7 cm (2.6 × 5.8 in)

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