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Dancing and music-making little people (caricatures)
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Dancing and music-making little people (caricatures)

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1790 · painting technique; wood (plant material); glass; oil paint (paint); oak (wood)

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

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Four glass plates with caricatures of little people in a wooden frame with handle. Far left: a man playing a horn from a sheet, in the background a cat sits and mice dance. To his right: a dancing couple. To their right: a dancing couple. Far right: a dancing man with a very large collar.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
lantern slideone pair dancingcat and mouse
Credit lineDansende en muziekmakende kleine mensen (karikaturen). c. 1700 - c. 1790. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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