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Scene from Ancient History

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Date: c. 1750
Movement: Baroque · Rococo
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall (oval): 140.3 x 109.3 cm (55 1/4 x 43 1/16 in.); framed: 165.7 x 134.6 cm (65 1/4 x 53 in.)
Location: National Gallery of Art
Credit: Samuel H. Kress Collection

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Scene from Ancient History, c. 1750, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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