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Musical Couple
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Musical Couple

Bernard Picart · 1708 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Oval depiction of a young couple making music by a burning fireplace. The woman plays the harpsichord, the man a cello. In the margin, a six-line poem in French. Subject headings within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Music and musical instruments: Harpsichord and singing.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printclavichord, harpsichordloverscourting, flirting
Credit lineMusicerend paar. 1708. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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