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Giuseppe Piattoli

The Sword of Damocles

1785–1807
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
42.2 × 59.1 cm (16.6 × 23.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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