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Satire on a Nobleman in Misery

Date: 1719/1725
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: framed: 34 7/8 x 29 3/16 x 2 1/4 in. (88.58 x 74.14 x 5.72cm)
Department: European Painting
Classification: Paintings
Credit: Gift of Luigi Grassi
Accession No.: 36.14
Provenance: Paris, Galerie Cailleux (dealer-1925) from whom purchased by Benno Geiger; Italy, Collection Benno Geiger; Venice, Collection Dino Barozzi from whom acquired by Luigi Grassi; Florence, Luigi Grassi (dealer-by 1931), by whom given to the DIA in 1936.
Keywords: canvas, oil, paint, literature

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