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You have here, dear youth, as it were a gallery. / Of architecture, to most usefully amuse your eye; / May this also be a new guarantee to you, / How one in the Netherlands always remained ablaze with love of art
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You have here, dear youth, as it were a gallery. / Of architecture, to most usefully amuse your eye; / May this also be a new guarantee to you, / How one in the Netherlands always remained ablaze with love of art

Willem Bal · 1822 - 1870 · 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 28 depictions of buildings and monuments in the Netherlands. Below each image a four-line verse. Marked in the top right: Letter AA.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printJan van SpeykDesiderius ErasmusMichiel Adriaenszoon de RuyterLaurens Janszoon Costerpalacechurch (exterior)
Credit lineGij hebt hier, lieve jeugd, als 't ware een galerij. / Van bouwkunst, om uw oog op 't nuttigst te vermaken; / Dat u dezelve mede een nieuwe waarborg zij, / Hoe men in Nederland steeds bleef voor kunst. 1822 - 1870. Willem Bal. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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