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Five Shells by Jan van Huysum — VisualArtsDB

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Five Shells

Five Shells

Five Shells

Medium: Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; double framing line in black ink
Dimensions: sight: 13.2 × 28.9 cm (5 3/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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