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Music

Pieter Sluyter · 1693 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Ceiling piece with the personification of Music playing the lyre. Also the portrait of Madame de Maintenon, second wife and mistress of Louis XIV. Around her, children playing the flute, lute, and harpsichord. To the left, the stage of an opera. Print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print albumblad Madame de Maintenon 'Musica'(Ripa)(decorated) ceiling

Credit lineMuziek. 1693. Pieter Sluyter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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