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Jacob Jordaens

Nymphs Suprised

ca. 1640
Brush and brown and gray ink, brown and gray washes over red chalk and traces of black chalk, some blue chalk.
20.2 × 27.2 cm (8 × 10.7 in)

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

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