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Constantin Guys

The Croatian Potentate Narguile

1817–92
Pen and brown ink with brush and gray and brown washes
16.7 × 20.3 cm (6.6 × 8 in)

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

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