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Presentation of a Book
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Presentation of a Book

anonymous · after 1532 - c. 1650 · etching; paper

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

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In an interior full of books, a kneeling man offers a prince a book. To the right behind the prince a boy or putto sets books on fire. To the left behind the kneeling man stands a lectern with books. With text in German and Latin below and above the image and to the left and right decoration of flowers.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printbookshelvesruler, sovereignlectern ~ reading
Credit lineBoekaanbieding. after 1532 - c. 1650. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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