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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

David With the Head of Goliath (recto); Study of Lower Leg and Right Foot (verso)

1682–1754
Charcoal, highlighted with white, on gray-blue paper faded to gray-brown (recto); black chalk (verso)
19.1 × 25.9 cm (7.5 × 10.2 in)

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