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Ludolf Backhuysen

Ships in a Stormy Sea

mid-17th–early 18th century
Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over black chalk
26.2 × 37.5 cm (10.3 × 14.8 in)

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

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