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Jacob van Ruisdael

Canal Landscape with a Fisherman

17th century
Black chalk, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and brown ink
12.9 × 20.2 cm (5.1 × 8 in)

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

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