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Antonio Tempesta|Claes Jansz. Visscher

Frontispiece to the life of Alexander the Great, at left is Bellona and at right a female personification of abundance, the Coat of Arms of the Duke of Croy

1608
Etching; fifth state of five (Bartsch)
23 × 29 cm (9.1 × 11.4 in)

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