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Willem van de Velde I

Dutch Men of War at Anchor

17th century
Pen and brown-black ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown-black ink
19.6 × 31.2 cm (7.7 × 12.3 in)

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