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Nicolaas Struyk

A Dragonfly

early 18th–mid 18th century
Pen and black ink and watercolor, over touches of graphite
13.2 × 19.1 cm (5.2 × 7.5 in)

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

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