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Seven scenes relating to observation and interpretation
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Top left, a boy distracts the coachman from the sick and wounded inhabitants on crutches at the city gate. Next to it, an experiment with eggs in water. Next to that, a woman and child worried about the approaching storm. In the center, a lottery at a market and a burning house. Below, a girl making butter and an experiment with an electrostatic machine. Numbered at the bottom center: Tab. LIV.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineZeven scènes die betrekking hebben op waarneming en interpretatie. 1774. Christoph Wilhelm Bock. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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