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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Standing Figure of Prudence and a Seated River God

1696–1770
Pen and brown ink, brush with pale (yellow) and dark brown wash, over black chalk
30.6 × 29.8 cm (12 × 11.7 in)

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