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Drawing, Ships in the wind

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1635 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is pen and bistre ink, brush and bistre wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

14.5 × 21.9 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in ink, lower left: Van der Capelle 1635 Signed in ink, verso: Van der Capelle 1635

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ships in the wind; Netherlands; pen and bistre ink, brush and bistre wash on paper; 14.5 × 21.9 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-220

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