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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Holy Family, Saint Joseph with a Book

1750–59
Pen and brown iron gall ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk (recto) and black chalk (verso) on off-white laid paper, tipped on to ivory laid paper
27.7 × 19.9 cm (10.9 × 7.8 in)

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