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Mask with Two Snakes Looking Out from the Eye Sockets
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Mask with Two Snakes Looking Out from the Eye Sockets

Frans Huys · 1555 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

The mask has a shell on its head and fruit garlands on its ears. One of 14 sheets from a series of 18 titled 'Ingenious Portraits of Several Ways of Masks...'. The title page is missing.

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Credit lineMasker met twee slangen die uit de oogkassen kijken. 1555. Frans Huys. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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