Southern Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a River

Jan van der Meer the Younger Dutch

1686

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Title: Southern Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a River
Artist: Jan van der Meer the Younger (Dutch, Haarlem 1656–1705 Haarlem)
Date: 1686
Medium: Black chalk, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink over framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/16 x 12 13/16 in. (21.4 x 32.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2011
Object Number: 2011.172
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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