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Sense of hearing
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Sense of hearing

Cornelis van Kittensteyn · 1620 - 1652 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

In an interior, an elegant couple sits at a table singing from a music book accompanied by a violinist. They are dressed in the fashion of c. 1620. The lady wears a bodice with bows and a very wide standing collar. Two paintings hang on the wall behind the couple. Beneath the image a four-line verse in two columns with Latin text. Numbered at the bottom and bottom right: 2. Subject headings within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Zeden en Gewoonten in Engeren Zin, De Kleeding, Kleederdrachten (tijdvakken), Het begin der 17de eeuw. (De Fransche mode).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineZintuig gehoor. 1620 - 1652. Cornelis van Kittensteyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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