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Nicolaas Aartman

Seascape with Six Figures in the Foreground

1728–93
Brush and gray and black ink, with watercolor, over traces of black chalk
6.9 × 9.5 cm (2.7 × 3.7 in)

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

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