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Compositions with Chinese figures
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Compositions with Chinese figures

anonymous · 1686 - 1724 · etching; paper

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

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A decorative composition consisting of three panels with interlacing. Left a fountain in the form of a vase carried by a bearded head with oars. Below them two half-figures carry a shell with the initials of Louis XIV. At the bottom a tablet with a merman on a dolphin. In the center a Chinese man is worshipped by two Chinese figures. At the top sit two monkeys. At the bottom a medallion with a portrait and two caryatids. Right birds, caryatids, a brazier and a sphinx.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineComposities met Chinese figuren. 1686 - 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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