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New Year's card with angels, a sea god and a woman with a mirror
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New Year's card with angels, a sea god and a woman with a mirror

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1899 · pen; etching; calligraphy; paper; ink

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

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Wish letter with inscribed cartouche within a decorative frame with depictions of angels, a sea god and a woman with a mirror. The figures consist largely of flourishes (calligraphy). Handwritten message in calligraphy (New Year's letter) by Maria van dons [...] to her father and mother.

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Credit lineWensbrief met engelen, een zeegod en een vrouw met een spiegel. c. 1700 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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