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A Snake by Maria Sibylla Merian — VisualArtsDB

A Snake

A Snake

Maria Sibylla Merian

Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
Dimensions: 17.3 × 26.5 cm (6 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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