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Various Caprices: The Astrologen and the Young Soldier

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Cleveland Museum of Art

A black and white drawing on textured paper depicts two men. The man on the left stands, with shoulder-length hair and a cloth wrapped around his waist; one hand on his hip, a long spear tucked under his arm. He holds a shield with a woman's face on it in the other hand. The man on the right stands bent over, looking down. A wheelbarrow or cart stands behind the men; it holds a basket or sack and a curved sword. To the left of the men, a pile of weapons. A tree on the left. The background shows a distant sky and clouds. The drawing is signed in the lower right corner. A border surrounds the drawing on the paper.

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1148 × 893 px
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