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An Arrowhead Blue Butterfly and a Scotch Bonnet Sea Shell

Balthasar van der Ast

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

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Title: An Arrowhead Blue Butterfly and a Scotch Bonnet Sea Shell
Creator: Balthasar van der Ast
Date Created: 17th century
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (9.5 x 12 cm)
Type: Drawing
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/384116
Medium: Oil on paper
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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