A Stormy Scene with Figures Unloading Boats Near a House on the Water's Edge

Jacob Cats Dutch

After Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch

1785

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Title: A Stormy Scene with Figures Unloading Boats Near a House on the Water's Edge
Artist: Jacob Cats (Dutch, Altona 1741–1799 Amsterdam)
Artist: After Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, Emden 1630–1708 Amsterdam)
Date: 1785
Medium: Point of brush, gray and blue-gray wash over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: 10 3/16 x 13 9/16 in. (25.8 x 34.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1993
Object Number: 1993.22
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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