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A Poultry Market in a Dutch Town

1621
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Object Information
  • Title: A Poultry Market in a Dutch Town
  • Artist: Willem Pietersz Buytewech (Dutch, Rotterdam 1591/92–1624)
  • Date: 1621
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink
  • Dimensions: sheet: 4 15/16 x 7 7/16 in. (12.6 x 18.9 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and David T. Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Anonymous Gift, in memory of Frits Markus, and Mrs. Howard J. Barnet and Fifth Floor Foundation Gifts, 2002
  • Object Number: 2002.122
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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