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A Woman Snatching a Bag of Sweetmeats from Her MotHer by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

A Woman Snatching a Bag of Sweetmeats from Her MotHer

A Woman Snatching a Bag of Sweetmeats from Her MotHer

Kitagawa Utamaro

1754–1806

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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