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Stefano della Bella

Plan and view of the city of Arras, depicting a siege with horsemen in foreground to left and right, footsoldiers in center, clouds of smoke to right, cityscape in the background

1641
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10.6 × 51 cm (4.2 × 20.1 in)

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