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Cornelis van Poelenburch

Nudes in a Landscape (possibly Diana and Callisto)

c. 1642–67
black ink wash over graphite, and red chalk on cream antique laid paper

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The artist first drew the figures in red chalk and then meticulously filled in the ink wash landscape around them.

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