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Stefano della Bella

Plate 4: Head of a Woman in Profile, from 'Second collection of various doodles and etching proofs' (Second recueil de divers griffonnements et preuves d'eauforte)

ca. 1646
Etching
6.4 × 8.4 cm (2.5 × 3.3 in)

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