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Stefano della Bella

Two men sitting to right, one man is smoking, five men standing in center, the bow of a ship on shore to right, two other ships to left in the background, from 'Set of eight nautical landscapes' (Suite de huit Marines)

1639
Etching
11.6 × 19.9 cm (4.6 × 7.8 in)

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