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Nicolaus van Aelst|Antonio Tempesta

Plate 5: The Defeat of the Ethiopians, from 'The Battles of the Old Testament,'

ca. 1590–ca. 1610
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19 × 28.1 cm (7.5 × 11.1 in)

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