Lot Essay
The figure is a detail from Tiepolo's fresco, The Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra, in the Palazzo Labia, Venice.
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A dwarf playing a lute
Details
Manner of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 20th Century
A dwarf playing a lute
oil on canvas
12¾ x 9½ in. (32.4 x 24.1 cm.)
in an 18th Century carved and gilded frame
A dwarf playing a lute
oil on canvas
12¾ x 9½ in. (32.4 x 24.1 cm.)
in an 18th Century carved and gilded frame
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