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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Illustration for a Book: Saint Luke with a Female Allegorical Figure

1696–1770
Black chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
11.4 × 17.6 cm (4.5 × 6.9 in)

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