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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

Plate 8: a horseman descends a riverbank, another horseman in river to right, from 'Diversi capricci'

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8.4 × 10.1 cm (3.3 × 4 in)

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