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The Virginal Player
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The Virginal Player

Willem Steelink (II) · 1866 - 1890 · etching; engraving; intaglio printmaking technique; paper; chine collé

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

About this work

Interior with a young woman playing a virginal. The lid of the instrument is painted with a scene of a couple in a landscape; an ape sits on the lid. Behind the virginal stand a boy and a girl. To the right, a view through a doorway to a man standing in the entrance. A birdcage hangs from the ceiling. In the lower left margin, a coat of arms on a branch with leaves.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDe virginaalspeelster. 1866 - 1890. Willem Steelink (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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