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A Dutch Fleet Under Sail at Sea in a Light Breeze by Willem van de Velde I — VisualArtsDB

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A Dutch Fleet Under Sail at Sea in a Light Breeze

A Dutch Fleet Under Sail at Sea in a Light Breeze

A Dutch Fleet Under Sail at Sea in a Light Breeze

Willem van de Velde I

1665

Medium: Pencil and gray wash on two sheets of paper joined 11.5 cm. from the left.
Dimensions: 10 9/16 x 21 in. (26.8 x 53.3 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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