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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Scherzo di Fantasia: Standing Warrior and King with Five Attendants

1696–1770
Pen and brown ink, brush with pale and dark brown wash, over leadpoint or black chalk
35.2 × 27.8 cm (13.9 × 10.9 in)

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