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Study sheet with drawing examples: mythical creatures and rarities
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Study sheet with drawing examples: mythical creatures and rarities

Michael Snijders · 1610 - 1672 · engraving; paper

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

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Fourteenth print from a series of drawing examples of unknown extent. Study sheet with rarities including mythical creatures, a soldier with horns, a basilisk looking at its reflection, fighting monsters and a conjoined twin. Top left the text 'Adieu broeder'.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
print'Mostri' (Ripa)Siamese twins
Credit lineStudieblad met tekenvoorbeelden: fabeldieren en rariteiten. 1610 - 1672. Michael Snijders. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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