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Amsterdam City Drawing Academy, 1764-1767
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Amsterdam City Drawing Academy, 1764-1767

Reinier Vinkeles (I) · 1768 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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The city drawing academy (Teeken-Academie) above the Corps de Garde in the Leidsepoort in Amsterdam in the year 1764. The drawing academy moved on 4 December 1767 to the town hall on the Dam. A group of male drawing students in a rather dark interior by lamplight drawing from a male nude model, the model standing seen from the front. Subject headings within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Fine Arts, Painting, Studios.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineStadstekenacademie te Amsterdam, 1764-1767. 1768. Reinier Vinkeles (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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