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Guild or fair ox
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with a large view of a guild ox (also called kermisos or prize ox), decorated with floral garlands. The view is framed in a border with floral scrolls and calyxes. Under the view a verse in two columns. Numbered top left: No. 89.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGild- of kermis-os. 1761 - 1804. Egmont, erven de Weduwe Jacobus van. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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