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Drawing the Eel by Salomon van Ruysdael — VisualArtsDB

Drawing the Eel

Drawing the Eel

Salomon van Ruysdael

1650–1653

Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 41 3/4 in. (74.9 x 106 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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European Paintings

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