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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

A Spring Shower

1797–1804
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, who often depicted multiple Punchinellos (a clown figure) in his drawings, added two in this scene—the figure on the left with a cloak comically draped over his head, and another on the right holding an umbrella.

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