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Half-length portrait study of a woman wearing a cap and pearl earrings
Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740–60
- Artist
- Joseph van Aken (Flemish, Antwerp (?) ca. 1699–1749 London (active Britain))
- Date
- ca. 1740–60
- Medium
- Black and white chalk, brown ink and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite
- Size
- sheet: 12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (32.4 x 26.1 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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