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Model for an Overdoor Lunette with Putti and Cockerels for the Amsterdam Town Hall (now Royal Palace) at Dam Square
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Model for an Overdoor Lunette with Putti and Cockerels for the Amsterdam Town Hall (now Royal Palace) at Dam Square

Artus Quellinus (I) · c. 1650 - c. 1651 · modeling; terracotta (clay material)

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

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The fragment of the left half shows a part of the frame with a horn from which fruit falls; against the horn climbs a child next to whom stands a crowing rooster. The fragment of the right half shows a part of the frame with a horn wound with a ribbon, where the child wraps its arms around it; against it a flapping rooster.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineModel for an Overdoor Lunette with Putti and Cockerels for the Amsterdam Town Hall (now Royal Palace) at Dam Square. c. 1650 - c. 1651. Artus Quellinus (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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