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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Illustration for a Book: Scene of a Murder in an Interior

1696–1770
Black chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
7.4 × 15.7 cm (2.9 × 6.2 in)

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