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  5. \paperw3900 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This picture, which is also known by the title of \i Minuet\i0 , represents a group of masked people, a theme that was popular with ei
  6. ghteenth-century painters. As he was an acute observer of everyday life, Giandomenico Tiepolo produced pungent caricatures of the life of the Venetian nobility, who were often the butt of the artistÆs satirical pictures.