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All that one sees on this print / Is aperij, and nothing else [(...)]
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All that one sees on this print / Is aperij, and nothing else [(...)]

Alexander Cranendoncq · 1800 - 1833 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 24 depictions of monkeys behaving like humans. Below each image a caption in Dutch and in French. Numbered top right: (No. 153. B.).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printmonkeys, apes
Credit lineAl wat men op deez' prent beziet, / Is aperij, en anders niet [(...)]. 1800 - 1833. Alexander Cranendoncq. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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