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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Storming a City

1696–1770
Black chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
7.3 × 15.1 cm (2.9 × 5.9 in)

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