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"From a large number of initials cut from choir-books, attributed to the miniaturist active in Lombardy in the decades around and after 1500, some are signed B. F. (or B.). The identification of the artist is controversial. Wescher would like to…

"One of the most classic creations from Tiepolo's Venetian years is the former high altar picture of the Benedictine monastery church of S. Agata in Lendinara near Rovigo, which the artist painted around 1755 after his return from Würzburg in 1753.…

etching

woodcut

engraving

Medium
Brown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper (?), partial framing line in brown ink, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper with gold leaf remnants from a previous mount; verso: red chalk and…

Black ink and white gouache on blue-gray prepared antique laid paper

Dimensions
19.2 x 14 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

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