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Grey-toned painting of sailing barges on a calm river under a cloudy sky, with a distant town on the right.

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Ships on the River Waal, Paul Jean Clays (1871), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Via artnap.com

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A painting by Paul Jean Clays, dated 1871, shows a large sailing barge with brown and grey sails in the foreground on calm water. Two smaller sailing vessels and a distant town skyline appear across the flat river under a broad, cloud-filled sky. The work is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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