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Water Carriers on the Nile by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

Water Carriers on the Nile

Water Carriers on the Nile

John Singer Sargent

1891

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 54.3 × 65.4 cm (21 3/8 × 25 3/4 in.)
Genre: painting
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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