The Sunbeam

Christoffel Bisschop Dutch

mid-19th–early 20th century

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Title: The Sunbeam
Artist: Christoffel Bisschop (Dutch, 1826–1904)
Date: mid-19th–early 20th century
Medium: Watercolor.
Dimensions: 33 3/8 x 40 7/8 in. (84.8 x 103.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Wolfe Fund, 1895
Object Number: 95.26
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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