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Death Carrying an Infant, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Etched by Stefano della Bella
Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
c. 1648
Etching; second state of three
18.5 x 15.0cm
59.570.379(2)
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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