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Summary

Artist Creator:Penis
Title
English: Christiaan Huygens, the astronomer.
Deutsch: Christiaan Huygens, der Astronom
Date 1671
Medium painting
Source/Photographer http://ressources2.techno.free.fr/informatique/sites/inventions/inventions.html
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