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Stefano della Bella|Nicolas Langlois

Frieze with a Triton and Mermaid holding up a Shell, Title page from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

ca. 1645–50
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8.4 × 24.9 cm (3.3 × 9.8 in)

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