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Bequest of Herschel V. Jonesexpand_more P.68.266
The tiny figures of Raphael and Tobias heighten the enormity of the landscape as well as the challenge of their journey. The rugged terrain would also conjure a sense of distant lands for viewers accustomed to the flat Dutch countryside. Raphael points to the semi-drenched cliffs, suggesting that he knows that the arduous mission will come to a happy end.
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