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Volendam couple
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Volendam couple

Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven · 1849 · steel engraving; paper

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

About this work

A man is talking in the doorway with a woman while his hand rests on her arm. In the background, a woman and a child are walking in a narrow street between houses towards the sea. The print was made for the Dutch-language literary almanac Aurora, which appeared between 1840 and 1878.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printVolendam
Credit lineVolendams stel. 1849. Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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