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Clothing the Naked
Michiel Sweerts · ca. 1661
- Artist
- Michiel Sweerts Flemish, Brussels 1618–1664 Goa
- Date
- ca. 1661
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 32 1/4 x 45 in. (81.9 x 114.3 cm)
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1984 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
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About Michiel Sweerts
Michiel Sweerts or Michael Sweerts was a Flemish painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, who is known for his allegorical and genre paintings, portraits and tronies. The artist led an itinerant life and worked in Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Persia and India (Goa).
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