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Corrado Giaquinto

Military Cavaliers Entering Town Accompanied by a Turbaned Torch-bearer. In the foreground: Two Seated Women and a Child (recto); Several Cooks, and Two Pages with a Platter in a Kitchen Yard (verso)

1703–66
Pen and gray ink, and black chalk, on beige laid paper
19.7 × 25.1 cm (7.8 × 9.9 in)

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