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Jacob Jordaens|Jacob Jordaens

The Young Woman and the Jester

ca. 1640–50
Black chalk and pen and brown ink, red chalk, and gray wash, heightened with white (oxidized)
28 × 21.9 cm (11 × 8.6 in)

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