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Invention of the stringed instrument
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Scene from the beginning of humanity. A girl who has learned to sing from the birds raises a song. From the bushes her song is answered with music. It is a young hunter who has fashioned a lyre from the strings of his bow. Bottom left numbered: 4.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineUitvinding van het snaarinstrument. 1771. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
