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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Scherzo di Fantasia: Two Standing Orientals and a Standing Youth with a Sword

1696–1770
Pen and dark brown ink, brush with pale and dark brown wash, over traces of black chalk
34.7 × 25.2 cm (13.7 × 9.9 in)

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