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Satyr with a Pentagram / Writing Monkey
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Satyr with a Pentagram / Writing Monkey

anonymous · 1666 · letterpress printing; engraving; paper

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

About this work

An emblem with two representations. Above, a landscape with a church and a satyr with pan flute and pentagram. Below, a landscape by moonlight with a monkey. In front of him on the ground stands an inkwell. In his paws he has a scroll and a quill.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printboekillustratiemonkeys, apeswriting toolssatyr(s) (in general)
Credit lineSater met pentagram / Schrijvende aap. 1666. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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