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Antonio Tempesta|Otto van Veen

Plate 15: Civilis Treating with a Roman Commander, from The War of the Romans Against the Batavians (Romanorvm et Batavorvm societas)

1611
Etching, first state of two, issue 1 (Bartsch)
16.2 × 20.3 cm (6.4 × 8 in)

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