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"citation": "Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. \u201cHeemskerck\u2019s Portrait of Machtelt Suijs at The Cleveland Museum of Art,\u201d The Burlington Magazine 134, no. 1076 (Nov., 1992): 698-706.",
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