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The article features a red chalk drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, which is part of the collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The preserved study of a young boy's head was drawn by Tiepolo in red chalk on blue-gray paper. According to the article, the drawing technique, style and scale are comparable to two autograph sheets that were preparatory to Tiepolo's altarpieces depicting the martyrdom of Saint Agatha.