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Amuse Your Eyes, Youth! in the Seven Planets. / Each Moving in Its Orbit. / Thus They Are Called [(...)]
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Amuse Your Eyes, Youth! in the Seven Planets. / Each Moving in Its Orbit. / Thus They Are Called [(...)]

1856 - 1900 · 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 a large scene of a staircase with the seven celestial bodies: Mercury, Mars, Luna, Sol, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Below the staircase an arch with a scene of symbolic attributes, including a harp and a book. Below the scene a verse in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 41.

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Credit lineVermaak uwe oogen, jeugd! in 't zevental planeeten. / Elk loopende in zyn kring. / Men vindt ze dus geheeten [(...)]. 1856 - 1900. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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