Frontispiece to an engraving. (Ancient structure with a vase and a medallion head (mimesis); in the base a relief scene with the drinking Silenus; on the left in the foreground sitting female figure with a skull in her lap and a dog at her feet), Benigno Bossi (Italy, 1727 - 1792), drawing, Feather; in copper engraving style, x cm, Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, monogrammed '' on the dog's collar on the front left; in the cartouche title text 'PENSIERI E CAPRICCI, INVEN. E DIS. DA BENIGNO BOSSI, PARMA

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