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Aelbert Cuyp

River Landscape with Sailboats

ca. 1640–42
Black chalk and gray, yellow, and grayish green wash; traces of a colorless varnishlike substance (probably gum arabic) on the grayish green wash toward the right; brown framing lines at the top and bottom and dark brown framing lines at the sides.
12.1 × 18.6 cm (4.8 × 7.3 in)

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