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Giovanni Cattini|Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Plate 1: Pensive man resting his head on his hand; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

1743
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45 × 33.4 cm (17.7 × 13.1 in)

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