Gaspare Aselli

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Aselli, detail of an engraving by Cesare Bassano, 1623

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Aselli, detail of an engraving by Cesare Bassano, 1623

Aselli, detail of an engraving by Cesare Bassano, 1623

Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.

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