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Children, here you have again for your pleasure // Four wild beasts set before you on this paper
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Children, here you have again for your pleasure // Four wild beasts set before you on this paper

Bouwer en de weduwe Johannes Ratelband, Johannes (II) · 1551 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with four depictions of animals, identified as tiger, otter, fox and walrus. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered in the top right: 72.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printanimalsswimming mammals: walrus
Credit lineKinders hier hebje wederom tot u playsier // Vier wilde beesten voor u gestelt op dit papier. 1551. Bouwer en de weduwe Johannes Ratelband, Johannes (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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