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Two pikemen walking towards the right, each with their pikes in their right hands, plate 13 from "Various Figures" (Agréable diversité de figures)

1642
Not on view

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  • Title: Two pikemen walking towards the right, each with their pikes in their right hands, plate 13 from "Various Figures" (Agréable diversité de figures)
  • Series/Portfolio: Various Figures (Agréable diversité de figures)
  • Artist: After Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
  • Engraver: Claude Goyrand (French, Sens 1620–1662 Paris)
  • Publisher: Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590–1661 Paris)
  • Dedicatee: Artus Gouffier Marquis de Boissy (French, 1627–1696)
  • Date: 1642
  • Medium: Engraving; undescribed state between second and third of five
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 3 15/16 in. (6.7 × 10 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.17-289
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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