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Charlatan with sheet music and other printed works
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Charlatan with sheet music and other printed works

Donker · 1763 - 1849 · pen; brush; paper; paint (coating); ink

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Deceiver with sheet music and other printed matter. In the middle lies a small sheet with an alphabet and the beginning of the Lord's Prayer on a sheet with Psalm 38 with musical notation, verse 18 in the rhyming of Petrus Dathenus. Top right the title page from a Gospel book, dated 1763. Further, besides Christian texts, a sheet about the month of May from an almanac, a sheet from the Utrechtse Courant from 1747, a page from a poem about the siege of Leiden, a sheet about French tyranny and a sheet with various typefaces. Subject headings within the Atlas of Morals and Customs: Fine Arts, Deceivers.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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drawing'trompe l'oeil'letters, alphabet, scriptnewspaper, news-sheet
Credit lineSchijnbedrieger met bladmuziek en ander drukwerk. 1763 - 1849. Donker. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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