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The Temptation by Pietro Antonio Novelli — VisualArtsDB

The Temptation

The Temptation

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Medium: Black ink with gray wash on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions: 16.5 × 13.3 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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