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A family grouped around a blacksmith's anvil as he holds his tools in the fire. Engraving by Lavasseur and Claessens after A. Fragonard after Le Nain.

Mathias van Geuns. Stipple engraving by L. A. Claessens after T.P. Scheltema, 1797.

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Lambertus Antonius Claessens

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A family grouped around a blacksmith's anvil as he holds his tools in the fire. Engraving by Lavasseur and Claessens after A. Fragonard after Le Nain.

Mathias van Geuns. Stipple engraving by L. A. Claessens after T.P. Scheltema, 1797.