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The Distracted Observer by Johann Georg Wille, Frans van Mieris the Elder — VisualArtsDB

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The Distracted Observer

The Distracted Observer

The Distracted Observer

Johann Georg Wille Frans van Mieris the Elder

1766

Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Image: 22.8 × 20.1 cm (9 × 7 15/16 in.) Plate: 29 × 22.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.) Sheet: 38.1 × 27.8 cm (15 × 10 15/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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