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"tombstone": "Seated Woman Searching for Fleas, c. 1671. Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636\u20131672). Red chalk over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink; sheet: 18.4 x 23.4 cm (7 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.); secondary support: 18.4 x 23.4 cm (7 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1966.239",
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"inscription": "upper left, in blue pencil: VX ; VERSO OF QUATERNARY SUPPORT, upper center, in graphite: [mln?][upside down]",
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"did_you_know": "Considered mere nuisances for those living in close proximity to animals, fleas would only become known as carriers of such illnesses as the bubonic plague almost 200 years after this drawing was made.",
"description": "Born into a prominent family of Dutch marine painters, Adriaen van de Velde was admired as a landscape painter. He specialized in atmospheric pastoral scenes that feature livestock and rustic figures drawn from life. This intimate study of a shepherdess searching for fleas exemplifies the artist\u2019s skilled use of red chalk to capture the effects of light and shade.",
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"citation": "Stechow, Wolfgang. \u201cA Painting and a Drawing by Adriaen van de Velde.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 2 (February 1967): 30\u201335.",
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