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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

The Game of Bowls

1797–1804
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This drawing is part of a larger series that depicts the life of Punchinello, a clown-like character derived from Italian popular theater.

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