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Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet

Plate 7: a peasant woman carrying a child to right, speaking to another child standing facing right in center, a castle to left in the background, from 'Caprice faict par de la Bella'

ca. 1642
Etching; second state of two
6.2 × 9 cm (2.4 × 3.5 in)

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