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Pietro Antonio Novelli

Satirical drawing: Artist Painting an Old Lady's Portrait

1729–1804
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, and gray, brown, red, blue, yellow and green watercolor. Framing lines in pen and brown ink
27.7 × 39.2 cm (10.9 × 15.4 in)

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