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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken

1758–59
Oil on canvas
81.3 × 44.8 cm (32 × 17.6 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 643

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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