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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Illustration for a Book: Two Monks Kneeling before a Doge and an Emperor (Doge Ziani and Emperor Barbarossa?)

1696–1770
Black chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
7.8 × 15.8 cm (3.1 × 6.2 in)

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