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Night
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sleeping people in a room. In the foreground a woman sleeps in a wicker armchair. Next to her a sleeping baby in a cradle. At the back of the room a four-poster bed with a sleeping man and a woman tucking him in. Through an open window Nox can be seen in the clouds. At the bottom a two-line verse in Latin. Numbered in the lower right: 4. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Zeden en Gewoonten in a narrower sense. Popular life. Symbolic representations from popular life on series prints. Months and various (allegories).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineNacht. 1575 - 1607. Jan Saenredam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
