'Old Man and Young Woman', 1761, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

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'Old Man and Young Woman', 1761, (1928). 'Allegorical Subject: A young woman holding a shield or mirror, seated beside a bearded man', pen with wash over red chalk on white paper. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Italian Venetian painter and printmaker Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain. He was commissioned to carry out frescoes in churches and palaces, and was elected President of the Academy of Padua. As well as his large-scale majestic works, he also produced etchings and oil paintings, and is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the period. Illustration from The Drawings of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Volume I, by Detlev Baron Von Hadeln. [The Pegasus Press, Paris, 1928]

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