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Fishing Boats in a Calm

Fishing Boats in a Calm

Jan van de Cappelle

1651

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 57.6 × 71.2 cm (22 11/16 × 28 in.); Framed: 78.7 × 93.4 × 5.7 cm (31 × 36 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Genre: oil on canvas
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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