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A Courtesan Reading a Book by Unidentified — VisualArtsDB

A Courtesan Reading a Book

A Courtesan Reading a Book

1655–1661

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 25 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (64.8 × 34 cm) Overall with mounting: 56 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (144.5 × 50.4 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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