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Bowl, with a depiction of 'A Midnight Modern Conversation' by William Hogarth (1697-1764)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
By copying Hogarth's A Midnight Modern Conversation on a punchbowl, an illusion of infinity is created, as it were (a scene within a scene within a scene, etc). After all, a comparable punchbowl features on the table in the scene depicted.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl, with a depiction of ‘A Midnight Modern Conversation’ by William Hogarth (1697-1764). c. 1760. Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
