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

1833 - 1856 · 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, Moon, Sun, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Below the staircase an arch containing a scene of symbolic attributes, including a harp and a book. Below the scene a verse in two columns. Numbered bottom right: N. 186.

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Credit lineVermaak uwe oogen, jeugd! in 't zevental planeeten. / Elk loopende in zyn kring. / Men vindt ze dus geheeten [(...)]. 1833 - 1856. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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