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Stefano della Bella

Plate 8: four grotesque heads with scrollwork, from 'Friezes, foliage, and grotesques' (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

ca. 1638–43
Etching
6.1 × 10.8 cm (2.4 × 4.3 in)

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