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An Overgrown Mineshaft by Carl Gustav Carus — VisualArtsDB

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An Overgrown Mineshaft

An Overgrown Mineshaft

An Overgrown Mineshaft

Carl Gustav Carus

1819–1829

Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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