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Monkeys playing pat-a-cake
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Monkeys playing pat-a-cake

1720 - 1767 · etching; paper

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

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Young monkeys playing children's games in the forest, such as the game of "handy-plak". Part of a series consisting of a title print and plates in which monkeys appear as humans in various scenes from daily life. The print has a two-line verse in Dutch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printmonkeys, apes
Credit lineApen spelen het handje-plak-spel. 1720 - 1767. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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