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Silkworms Being Examined and Spread Out
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In an interior silkworms are spread out by many women; placed on shelves and hung on branches. In the middle the worms are examined by two women. On the left a view into a second room where cloths are hanging to dry. At the bottom two lines in Latin. Fourth print from a series of six prints on the introduction of the silkworm and silk production in Europe.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZijderupsen worden onderzocht en uitgespreid. c. 1595. Karel van Mallery. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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