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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Illustration for a Book: Reception of Monks at a City Gate

1696–1770
Black chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
7.5 × 15.9 cm (3 × 6.3 in)

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