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Ships in a Harbor by Willem van de Velde the Elder — VisualArtsDB

Ships in a Harbor

Ships in a Harbor

Willem van de Velde the Elder

Medium: Brown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk on parchment
Dimensions: 23.3 × 38.3 cm (9 3/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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