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Collage of cut-out prints pasted on a blue paper album page
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Collage of cut-out prints pasted on a blue paper album page

Matthäus Merian · 1690 - 1720 · plakken; snipping; engraving; paper

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

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Blue album page pasted with cut-out prints by various printmakers. At the top, vines with a triangle. Below, an ornament with dogs, men with torches on horns, sphinxes, and a vase with musical and measuring instruments. Middle left, vines with putti, a laurelled man, a vase, and an eagle. Middle right, vines with a peacock, putti, a medallion, and a laurelled woman. Flanking on the left and right, two small figures with a flute and a flag stand beside a lion. Bottom, arabesques.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCollage van uitgeknipte prenten geplakt op albumblad van blauw papier. 1690 - 1720. Matthäus Merian. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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