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Stefano della Bella

Three goats climbing a vine in the shape of a backwards 'S', from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche)

ca. 1650–56
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17.4 × 6.8 cm (6.9 × 2.7 in)

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