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Youth, you want to learn to play / Come to associate with Cupid. / For he wins praise from everyone / No one is wiser than he
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Leaf with 24 depictions of children's games and occupations represented by Cupids, such as hoop rolling, spinning tops and fishing. Under each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: *33.
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Credit lineJonkheyd wild gy speelen leeren / Komt met Cupido verkeeren. / Want hy wind van yder prys / Niemand is hem te wijs. 1770 - 1794. Putte, erven Hendrik van der. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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