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Willem Schellinks

A View of the Piazza del Duomo, Messina, with the Fountain of Orion, the Cathedral to the right

late 17th century
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
30.5 × 31.1 cm (12 × 12.2 in)

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

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