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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

Plate 15: a Polish nobleman, facing away, holding his horse covered in leopard skin, four men and a horse in background, from 'Diversi capricci'

ca. 1644–47
Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
8.4 × 9.6 cm (3.3 × 3.8 in)

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