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Stefano della Bella Italian
Publisher Nicolas Langlois French
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Title: An elephant in center, his mahout standing to the right wearing an Oriental costume, another elephant to left in background, plate 16 from "Diversi capricci"
Series/Portfolio: Diversi capricci
Artist:
Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Publisher:
Nicolas Langlois (French, Paris 1640–1703)
Date: ca. 1644–47
Medium: Etching; third state of four (De Vesme)
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 3 7/8 in. (8.5 × 9.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number: 17.50.17-223
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