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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Aged Dignitary Attended by Mercury and Prudence

1696–1770
Pen and brown ink, brush with pale and dark brown wash, over black chalk
29.6 × 24.8 cm (11.7 × 9.8 in)

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