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A mature sheep in three-quarters view standing and looking left, beside it a lamb lies on the grass
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A mature sheep in three-quarters view standing and looking left, beside it a lamb lies on the grass

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 2 15/16 x 3 7/8 in. (7.5 x 9.8 cm) sheet: 4 x 5 9/16 in. (10.2 x 14.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Karel Dujardin

1626–1678Dutch Republic

Comment on works: Landscapes; Genre; Portraits

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