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Johannes Abrahamsz Beerstraten

Capriccio of a Bridge with the Arcus Argentariorum by a Mediterranean Harbor

mid-17th century
Black chalk, graphite, brush and gray ink and wash; framing lines in black chalk
25.6 × 23.8 cm (10.1 × 9.4 in)

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