Artist Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-1870)
Title Wintering of a team of Dutch sailors on the eastern coast of Novaya Zemlya
Date 1839
Medium oil on canvas
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Lepoittevin_-_Hivernage_d%27une_%C3%A9quipe_de_marins_hollandais_(1839).jpg
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