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Relief with personification of the element Air above the arch on the west side of the Civic Hall in the Town Hall on the Dam
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Relief with personification of the element Air above the left (southern) arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the Town Hall on the Dam in Amsterdam. In her left hand a peacock, in her right hand a chameleon - the animal that according to Pliny ate or drank nothing, but fed on air (Historia naturalis 8:33). Marked below left of center: E.
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Credit lineReliëf met personificatie van het element Lucht boven boog aan westzijde van de Burgerzaal in het Stadhuis op de Dam. 1663. Hubert Quellinus. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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