Frieze of Allegorical Figures — Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | DiscoverArt

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Frieze of Allegorical Figures

after 1770

Pen and light brown ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk, partly strengthened with a fine pen and dark brown ink

22 × 36.5 cm (8.7 × 14.4 in)

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