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If this print is for your amusement, / Then you will gain a taste for fine arts, / And in your adult years, / Will join virtue to noble arts
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Leaf with 16 depictions from the fables of Aesop. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered in the upper left: No. 110.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineIs deeze prent tot uw vermaak, / Zoo kryg ge in schoone kunsten smaak, / En zuld, in uw volwassen jaren, / De deugd aan edle kunsten paaren. 1791 - 1812. Jacobus Thompson (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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