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Room screen, two-leaf, upholstered with a weave featuring an Eastern dancer and musician and animal scenes from La Fontaine's fables
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Two-leaf screen of gilded beechwood, lined with Beauvais tapestry. Each leaf shows two fields within a frame with rocaille motifs and flowers. The left leaf has a dancing girl above and a donkey laden with a basket of flowers below. The right leaf shows a girl playing a guitar above and two dogs below.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineKamerscherm, tweebladig, gestoffeerd met een weefsels met een oosterse danser en muzikant en dierenscènes uit de fabels van La Fontaine. c. 1745 - c. 1760. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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