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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Illustration for a Book: Meeting Between Two Generals (?) before a Fortified Town

1696–1770
Black chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
11.2 × 19.2 cm (4.4 × 7.6 in)

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