DISCOVERART

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Illustration for a Book: Scene of Men Disposing of Corpse in a Garden

1696–1770
Black chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
7.8 × 15.3 cm (3.1 × 6 in)

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