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Virtue and Nobility putting Ignorance to Flight

Giovanni Battista Tiepoloc.1743

Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom

A preparatory sketch or modello for Tiepolo's ceiling in the Villa Cordellina near Vicenza, where the artist worked in 1743-44.

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Title: Virtue and Nobility putting Ignorance to Flight
Creator Lifespan: 1696 - 1770
Date: c.1743
Physical Dimensions: w356 x h642 cm
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil
Work Nationality: Italian
Support: Canvas
Provenance: Presumably from the Villa Cordellina; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
Artist: Tiepolo, Giambattista
Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)

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