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Dirck van Bergen

A Herdswoman Seated Amongst Her Animals, with a Lamb in Her Arms

1690
Pen and black ink, point of the brush and gray ink and wash over black chalk, with broad gray framing lines and broad margins, on vellum
33.1 × 42.2 cm (13 × 16.6 in)

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