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Allegory on blindness
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Allegory on blindness

anonymous · 1514 - 1532 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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The bound man is being tortured, the woman is having her eyes scratched out by a bird, and on the left a man with a guide dog for the blind. Print forms part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratiealbumbladblind, blindness
Credit lineAllegorie op blindheid. 1514 - 1532. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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