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Satirical print on C. Seyn
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Satirical print on the Leiden clerk C. Seyn, who is being led to prison by two officers. In the background, an auction house for furniture where a group of women sing and dance for joy over the arrest. For his hobby (paintings), Seyn had stolen from the city treasury. To the right, several paintings leaning against a cabinet, a pot of syrup, and a peacock feather. The theft was discovered on 10 October 1838; the sentence was pronounced on 27 September 1839.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSpotprent op C. Seyn. in or after 1838. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
