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Oyster Shell with Sea Figures, Including a Woman on a Riding Beast
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sea pearl oyster shell, one of a pair, in relief decorated with figures at sea: a woman sitting on a mount, half horse, half fish, with behind her two men and a woman; to the left a child on a fish, to the right a boy blowing a horn; two putti in the air. In the foreground plants on a rock, as well as the waves engraved and blackened.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineOesterschelp met zeefiguren, waaronder een vrouw op een rijdier. c. 1700. Cornelis Bellekin. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
