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Willem van Mieris

The Bird Seller

c. 1700–1710
black and white chalk on blue paper, laid down on brown paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In 17th-century Holland, market scenes portraying a man and a woman often had amorous undertones.

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