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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Color: Gray
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Huge Old Master Oil Painting 17th century Diana & Cupids in Panoramic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Diana The Huntress and her Cherubs
Northern European artist, circa 1680's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 60.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: some p...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 18th Century Italian Oil Painting Venice Canal Many Buildings & Figures
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Venetian Canal
Italian artist, 18th century
circle of Francesco Guardi (Italian 1712-1793)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23.5 x 32.5 inches
canvas: 20 x 29.5 inches
provenance: p...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th Century By Vincenzo Re The Pool of Bethesda Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri.
Vincenzo Re (Parma, 1695 – Napoli?, 1762) born in Parma, was an Italian scenic designer who during his career worked as initially an assistant...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century By Francesco Fontebasso Allegory of Vanity Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
With a "cassetta" frame in gilded and carved wood.
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Egidio Martini;
- G. M. Guidetti, in From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio Baratti...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting Portrait, attributed to John Vanderbank (1694-1739)
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil Painting Portrait of John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll,, att to John Vanderbank (1694-1739) Housed in a swept frame which has been restored after photo.
Canvas Size 50" x 40", Fr...
Category
1690s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Very Fine 18th Century Italian Oil Painting Nude Figures in Classical Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Figures in Ancient Landscape
Italian School, 18th century
oil on panel,
painting: 9 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
18th Century Baroque Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Panel Angelic Visitation to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Angelic Visitation
Dutch School, mid 17th century
circle of Rembrandt (Dutch 1606-1669)
oil on wooden panel, framed in faux tortoiseshell style frame.
framed: 25 x 28.75
painting...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
View of animated Italianate harbour - Johannes Sturckenburgh (1603-1663)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: “Johannes van Sturckenburgh,”
Johannes Sturckenburgh’s “View of an Animated Italiante harbour,” is a piece that transports viewers to a picturesqu...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Italian, hand painted, oil on canvas landscape with hand painted border. See other painting in separate listing that creates a pair.
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Italian, hand painted, oil on canvas landscape with hand painted border. See other painting in separate listing that creates a pair.
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Madam van Robais - French Old Master oil painting 18th century art
Located in London, GB
This fine French Old Master portrait oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1770 and is attributed to the circle of Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun. The sitter is Madam van Robais.
The van R...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Ruins and Figures - British 18thC Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British 18th century Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of noted landscape artist Richard Wilson. Painted circa 1750 it is a stunning light, bright and airy expansive panoramic landscape. There is a river in the foreground and mountains in the background. On the left of the river stands some ruins and on the right, figures are resting under the trees. The palette of blues, greens and very varied and rich with some lovely pinky brown tones for the land on the right. The brushwork is also delicate but confidently executed. A superb example of a British Old Master landscape oil painting, finished off in a carved and gilt wood English Rococo frame with name plate.
Provenance. The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation, Inc. Throughout his long life, Mr. Lunde supported more than forty museums in his native New York, across the United States, and in Europe with loans, gifts, and funding. Mr. Lunde was a proud New Yorker with roots in Norway. He was keenly interested in nineteenth-century Scandinavian and Swiss landscape painting, Old Master painting, and Asian decorative arts.
According to an old label to the reverse, the present painting was once owned by James Northcote (1746-1831) who gave it to William Hillman on 25th May 183(0?)
Property of the Bacot family.
Christies stamps verso.
Watson Gallery London. Remains of label verso.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 26 inches by 18 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed In a carved and gilt wood English Rococo frame bearing Richard Wilson name plate, 33 inches by 25 inches and in good condition.
Richard Wilson RA...
Category
1750s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Hi...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Very Large, 16th Century Allegorical Oil Painting
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Beyond life-sized, allegorical, Renaissance figural oil painting of Summer, featuring a nymph recessed in an alcove, swathed in drapery, wearing a foliate crown. In her right hand, a...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mediterranean Capriccio, Oil on canvas by Abraham Storck, circa 1680
By Abraham Jansz Storck
Located in Paris, FR
« A Mediterranean capriccio »
Oil on canvas by Abraham STORCK
With an appraisal by René Millet ( Well Known French Expert in Paris)
Within a tortoise-shell Turtle
This oil on canvas...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Two, 18th Century Overdoor Paintings
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A chic pair of Roman, oil-on-canvas overdoor paintings done in a nocturne, grisaille style. Each featuring underlit cherubs at play amongst streaming g...
Category
1750s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century French School , South American Landscape, Brazil.
Located in East Grinstead, GB
French School watercolour of a group of sailors from a French Frigate in the region of Fernando de Noronha off the coastline of Brazil. The picture is inscribed, lower left, and depi...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Flight of the Holy Family to Egypt, Oil on canvas, Italian school circa 1680
Located in Paris, FR
The Flight into Egypt, an episode of childhood of Christ in the New Testament, representing Joseph, Mary and Jesus on a donkey, fleeing from Palestine to Egypt, at the behest of the ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Landscape in Germany
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Transport yourself to the lush landscapes of Germany through this captivating artwork. Painted during the artist's stay in Germany, the painting beautifully captures the verdant scen...
Category
Early 18th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of the Grand Canal, a painting by William James, after Canaletto
By William James
Located in PARIS, FR
Although we have little bibliographical information on William James, we know that he was trained by Canaletto during the painter's stay in England between 1746 and 1755. Although he may never have been to Venice, William James remained under the influence of his master for a long time and became known for his paintings inspired by Canaletto's artworks.
In this painting, William James is inspired by one of the twelve views of the Grand Canal painted by Canaletto for Joseph Smith, or more precisely by the engraving made by Antonio Visentini in 1735 after this painting. He delivers a very personal version, vibrant with colours, in which he brilliantly reproduces the moving surface of the sea, animated by the ever-changing traffic of the gondolas.
1. William James, the English follower...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still life
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil on copper.
Category
16th Century Paintings
Materials
Copper
Flemish school 18th After TENIERS Landscape marine Old copy Return of fishermen
Located in PARIS, FR
18th century Flemish School After David TENIERS Le Jeune
Oil on canvas 72 x 53 cm (87 x 67.5 cm with the frame) Beautiful 19th century frame in black wo...
Category
18th Century Flemish School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Naval Officer, English School 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29 1/2 x 24 inches (75 x 61 cm)
Period gilt frame
This is a notable half length portrait of a navel officer, holding a telescope. He stands wearing a blue ...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch Fishing Vessels in Storm /// Francis Swaine Maritime Seascape Antique Ship
By Francis Swaine
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Francis Swaine (English, 1725-1782)
Title: "Dutch Fishing Vessels in Storm"
*No signature found
Circa: 1770
Medium: Original Oil Painting on wood panel
Framing: Framed in a Louis XV style gold moulding
Framed size: 10.63" x 12.63"
Panel size (irregular margins): 6" x 7.75"
Condition: One small restored spot upper left. Cosmetic wear to frame. In otherwise very good condition
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - London, England; acquired from art dealer Ernest Alden, London, England retaining his original gallery label on verso. Metal plaque inscribed "F. Swaine 1740-1782", (active dates), attached to frame bottom center.
Ernest William Alden (1866-1947) was recorded in successive censuses, in 1881 as a picture mounter (card maker), age 14, living at 9 Bloomsbury St, with several other members of his family also given as picture mounters, including his father, James; in 1891 as a picture frame mounter with his father and family at 208 Shaftesbury Avenue; in 1901 as a photographer and picture dealer at 39 King’s Road, Chelsea; and in 1911 again at 39 King’s Road but the census form is damaged. His listing in trade directories, initially as picture mount cutter, changed to picture framemaker from 1904, soon after he set up in the King’s Road. He advertised his large stock of second-hand swept and other frames, claiming to have been established in 1893 (The Year’s Art 1913). Alden died in Chelsea in 1947, leaving effects worth £5,011, with probate granted to his widow Lily Alden and to Marjorie Frances Alden. Two of his younger brothers, Henry Cyril Alden (1871-1939) and James Preston Alden (1876-1960), were also active as picture framemakers. - National Portrait Gallery, London, England.
Biography:
Francis Swaine (1725–1782) was a British marine painter. He was born in 1725, and christened on 7 October of that year at St Dunstan's, Stepney, London. His parents were named Francis Swaine and Ann Joel. In 1735 the elder Francis Swaine, the marine painter's father, applied in writing to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy for employment as a Navy Messenger, in succession to Mr William Wyatt. He mentions that he had served "upwards of twenty eight years" in the Navy, and that his father had died Purser of the Royal Katherine. He mentions also that he had carried out "little labours in drawing", and that he at that time had five small children. The first-born of these children was the Francis Swaine who became the marine painter. The elder Swaine was duly employed as a Navy Messenger. He served for 20 years and died on 10 October 1755, aged 64.
Swaine is said to have been influenced by the style of Van de Velde. There is no clear evidence of this alleged influence. The suggestion that Swaine may have been a pupil of Charles Brooking...
Category
1770s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
Firing the Salute
By Peter Monamy
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (49 x 39.5 cm)
Original frame
This is a a wonderful marine scene depicting a flotilla of battleships, warships and Admiralty yachts....
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Southern Landscape with Cows, circle of Both, Dutch 17th Century Old Master
By Jan Dirksz Both
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Andries Both, Southern Landscape with Cows. Both moved to Italy ( Rome and Venice) where is work was influenced by the warm Italian light.
Decorative Painting
Category
17th Century Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Dutch Fishing Boats & Naval Ships Offshore, 17th Century
By Ludolf Bakhuisen
Located in Blackwater, GB
Dutch Fishing Boats & Naval Ships Offshore, 17th Century
circle of LUDOLF BAKHUIZEN (1630-1708)
Large 17th Century Dutch Old Master scene of Dutch fishing boats and naval ships offshore, oil on canvas. Good quality and condition early Dutch maritime...
Category
17th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady, Katherine St Aubyn, Godolphin, Cornelius Johnson, Oil canvas
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in London, GB
Titan Fine Art are pleased to present this charming bust-length portrait, which is a good example of the style of portrait painted in England in the second quarter of the seventeenth century. The attire consists of the finest silks, and the full billowing sleeves, bows, and hairstyle help in dating this portrait to circa 1637. The accessory par excellence – pearls – are worn as a necklace and were a very popular accessory. The artist makes no attempt to obey the rules of Baroque and instead sensitively depicts in complete honesty his sitter against a plain wall, and without distracting backdrops and flowing draperies – this work is very redolent of the sumptuous half-length female portraits that Cornelius Johnson...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Study of a Man, Old Master Drawing, Figure, Roman Study, Lombard
Located in Greven, DE
Old Master Drawing by the Circle of Lambert Lombard. Drawing/ Study of a Man in Renaissance Style, later signed "F. Floris".
Study of a Man
Lombard li...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
Late 18th century Antique English Moonlight over a lake and church landscape
By Henry Pether
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry Pether, late 18th-century Moonlight lake Landscape.
Born into a family of artists, Henry was the son of Abraham Pether (1756-1812), a talented la...
Category
1790s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Johann Theodor Bavaria, Son of Prince Elector, by Joseph Vivien, Rococo
By Joseph Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
Portrait of Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703-1763)
by Joseph Vivien
Johann Theodor of Bavaria (* September 3, 1703 in Munich; † January 27, 1763 in Lièg...
Category
18th Century Rococo Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Simone Cantarini, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, early 17th, ceramic
Located in Florence, IT
This painting is inspired by the "Rest on the Flight into Egypt" by Simone Cantarini called Il Pesarese, who was an Italian painter and etcher. He is ...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
Heinrich Adam Elias Borny (1742 - 1778) Soldier - 18thC Ink Drawing - Germany
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Heinrich Adam Elias Borny
(German, 1742-1778)
• Late baroque Ink and pen drawing on laid paper (no watermark)
• Sheet, ca. 29.4 x 22.7 cm
• Imag...
Category
1760s Baroque Paintings
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Roman Ruins - Painting attr. to Francis Harding - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman ruins is an original old master artwork realized realized by a follower of the artist Giovanni Paolo Panini and attributed to Francis Harding (1730-1766).
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Includes frame.
The work is a replica of Panini's canvas made around 1740, made known by Ferdinando Arisi in his 1986 monograph (Cat.456) as belonging to the Galleria Taccani in Milan and recently reappeared on the London market...
Category
17th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
18th century English scene of a groom with a horse in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful 18th century English gouache on paper of a 18th century English scene of a groom with a horse in a landscape.
One of a set of five all framed in Hogarth frames.
L.Green ...
Category
1780s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Set of Twelve 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
View Of Posillipo from the Riviera di Chiaia, circa 1695 by ANGELO MARIA COSTA
Located in Blackwater, GB
View Of Posillipo from the Riviera di Chiaia, circa 1695
by ANGELO MARIA COSTA (1670-1721)
Huge 17th Century Italian Neapolitan School view of Posillipo from the Riviera Di Chiaia,...
Category
17th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
George Edwards: Set of Twelve Parrots, Published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR THE SET OF TWELVE
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Set of Twelve 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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