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Mathäus Küsel · 1680 · etching; paper

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

About this work

A painter in his studio. The painter, dressed in the fashion of Louis XIV, sits on a stool and works on a painting featuring a nude lady and an old woman. This may represent Vertumnus and Pomona. A boy holding a book stands before a painting of Minerva. The walls of the studio are richly decorated. Below the image, four lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSchilderkunst. 1680. Mathäus Küsel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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