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Title: The Dutch Microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Artist:
Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna)
Date: 1734–1802
Medium: Pen with black and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash. Framing lines in black ink
Dimensions: 8 x 5 9/16in. (20.3 x 14.1cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1987
Accession Number: 1987.177
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