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Jan Goeree

A View of the Obelisk and Saint John in Lateran (above) and a View of an Egyptian Site (?) (below)

before 1704
Pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite and red chalk; incised
33.5 × 20.6 cm (13.2 × 8.1 in)

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

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