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Hearing
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Hearing

Jean Jacques Avril (I) · 1773 · etching; paper

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

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Personification of the sense of hearing. On the right, a figure seen from the back sits and plays on a stand with bubbles; three children and two figures on the left look on. One of the two figures on the left holds a wind instrument. In the foreground in the landscape lies a stringed instrument.

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Credit lineGehoor. 1773. Jean Jacques Avril (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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