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Dish depicting women in a fenced garden
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The motif of a woman followed by a servant with a parasol was well-known in Europe. A striking feature is the woman on horseback holding what appears to be a pipe. In China, both men and women smoked pipes and it was not unusual to depict women in this way in woodcuts.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDish depicting women in a fenced garden. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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