Giambattista Tiepolo (1696–1770)
Siege of a City
Drawn for Carlo Sigonio, Opera Omnia, 1730–31
Black chalk on white paper
2 7/8 × 6 in. (73 × 151 mm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY
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