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The Census at Bethlehem (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569)

The Census at Bethlehem
1566
Oil on oak, 115.5 x 163.5 cm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

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