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Love rituals

1722 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

Sheet with four successive rituals with which savages declare their love to each other. Top: A man lights a torch. The man in conversation with his mistress. Bottom: The man holds the torch above the head of his mistress. The mistress blows out the torch. Below the depictions, a caption in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print boekillustratie torch bed lovers courting, flirting

Credit lineLiefdesrituelen. 1722. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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