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1775

The Tired Wigmaker

Giovanni David

Italian, 1749 - 1790

Giovanni David's Diverse Portraits series pokes fun at contemporary life in Venice. The captions below the images are quotes from writings by the French satirical poet and critic Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711).

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