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Herman Saftleven II

View of Delft after the Explosion of the Gunpowder Arsenal on October 12, 1654

17th century
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on two sheets of paper
24.9 × 74.9 cm (9.8 × 29.5 in)

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