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Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In an interior seven women are busy with the incubation of silkworm eggs. On the left a four-poster bed. At the bottom two lines in Latin. Third print from a series of six prints on the introduction of the silkworm and silk production in Europe.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineIncubatie van de zijdewormeieren. c. 1595. Karel van Mallery. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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