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Antonio Tempesta|Giovanni Battista di Lazzaro Panzera da Parma

Plate 9: Emperor Vitellus on Horseback, from 'The First Twelve Roman Caesars'

1596
Etching; first state of two (Bartsch)
30 × 22.6 cm (11.8 × 8.9 in)

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