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Children! if you talk with one another about these images, / You will surely learn something, so that my work is not in vain
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Leaf with 16 depictions of craftsmen and occupations, such as shoemaker, cooper, mason and baker. Bottom right a depiction of death as a skeleton with an hourglass and a scythe. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 259.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineKindren! zo gy met elkander, over deeze beeldjens praat, / Zult gy zeker wel iet leeren, dat myn werk niet vruchtloos laat. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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