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Will, youth! learn from these prints, / Which you can also handle like cards, / That from an emperor, however great, / Everyone eventually comes to death
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 36 playing cards (floskaartjes) with scenes of various figures. The images form eighteen pairs, numbered descending from top left number 36 to bottom right number 1. Except for the two lowest numbers, they show seventeen couples, man and woman, with the man one number higher than the woman, each pair representing a profession or a social position. Numbered top right: No. 77.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineWil, jeugd! uit deeze prentjes leeren, / Die ge ook als kaartjes kunt handteeren, / Dat van een keizer af, hoe groot, / Elk in het eind komt tot de dood. 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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