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Human pleasures
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Human pleasures

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1769 · etching; paper

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

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Four scenes depicting human pleasures. Above a musical company (as an example of harmony) and the Good Samaritan (as an example of compassion). Below dancing peasants (example of joy) and a family in an interior (as an example of the family bond). Center bottom numbered: Tab. XVII.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printmaking musicmusician with instrumentfamily, descendance
Credit lineMenselijke genoegens. 1769. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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