Recto: Giovanni de 'Medici ('dalle Bande Nere') leads his troops across the river Adda, driving back the Spanish forces, 1521; Verso: inscriptions, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Opposing forces on horseback face each other, the troops at left moving across a river toward the enemy. Inscription on verso., Netherlands, 1583 or before, figures, Drawing

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