The Head of Truth, c. 1744, Giambattista Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo), Italian, (Venice), 1696–1770, 11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet, irregular), Black and white chalk on blue laid paper, Italy, 18th century, This is a study for the head of Truth in the large painting Time Discovering Truth on the ceiling of the Palazzo Barbarigo in Venice painted in 1744-45. Giambattista Tiepolo was, along with Caneletto and Francesco Guardi, one of the leading Venetian painters of the era, and among them he was the only one to paint works of enormous scale. He was a versatile draftsman

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