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Evaluation of the artist
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Evaluation of the artist

Mathäus Küsel · 1680 · etching; paper

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

About this work

A Roman in a toga and laurel wreath, an expert in the arts, judges everyone who wishes to be an artist, as not everyone is suitable to follow the Roman example. A man, dressed in the fashion of Louis XIV, has humbly removed his hat. Through a curtain, a Bacchus figure descends, surrounded by men with torches. Below the image, four lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBeoordeling van de kunstenaar. 1680. Mathäus Küsel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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