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Here for your youth / who love to read constantly / you will find new joy / of Gods and goddesses, / and especially the most important ones / who enjoy the favor of the heathens
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 16 depictions of mythological figures, such as Jupiter, Juno, Mars, and Pan. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered in the center above: 18.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHier in is voor u jeugd / die 't leezen staag beminnen / Te vinden nieuwen vreugd / Van Goden en godinnen, / En wel de voornaamst' van dien / die de heydens gunste bien. 1765 - 1767. weduwe Hendrik van der Putte. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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