# A Horseshoe Crab, in Dutch Golden Age

Pieter Holsteyn, the younger painted this in 1640/80, aged about 26. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: 1640/80
- Medium: Watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream laid paper
- Dimensions: 16.3 × 21.4 cm (6 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.264
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Pieter Holsteyn, the younger](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pieter-holsteyn-the-younger), Dutch, 1614–1687

2 works in the collection.

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- [Pieter Holsteyn, the younger's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-pieter-holsteyn-the-younger?hang=749) (8 works)
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