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The Capi-Aga, or Head of the White Eunuchs
1783
Theodore Viero
1740-1819
Italian
Unknown
Engraving on paper with hand coloring and fabrics
Plate: 10 5/8 × 7 1/4 inches (27 × 18.4 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 7 5/16 inches (27.3 × 18.6 cm)
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Bequest of Jerome I. Smith
F81.312
This work is in the public domain.
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Theodore Viero, The Capi-Aga, or Head of the White Eunuchs, 1783, engraving on paper with hand coloring and fabrics. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Jerome I. Smith, F81.312.
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