Scene of Africa (Allegory?)

Attributed to Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer Dutch

early 17th century

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Title: Scene of Africa (Allegory?)
Artist: Attributed to Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer (Dutch, Haarlem ca. 1592/95–1642 (?) Haarlem)
Date: early 17th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, traces of red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (15.8 x 40 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
Object Number: 59.208.103
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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