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Johan Christian Dahl

Portrait of Eline Marie Heger as a Child, Leaning on a Table, Looking at a Book

1818
Graphite, pen and brown ink
21.2 × 13.6 cm (8.3 × 5.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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