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The Sense of Sight
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The Sense of Sight

Nicolaes de Bruyn · 1581 - 1656 · engraving; paper

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

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Woman as personification of the sense of sight, sitting in a landscape, looking in a mirror while a bird of prey with spread wings stands next to her. In the background a scene from Genesis is depicted: God shows Adam and Eve the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. In the margin below two lines of Latin.

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Credit lineZintuig gezicht. 1581 - 1656. Nicolaes de Bruyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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