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Mercury pointing a group of six gentlemen at a news picture
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Mercury pointing a group of six gentlemen at a news picture

Jan Luyken · 1700 · etching; paper

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

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Mercury stands before a group of six assembled gentlemen and points out a news print to them. Above this scene the depiction of a bombed city. At the bottom the attack on a besieged fortress led by a commander on horseback is depicted.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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titelpaginaprintattack ~ siegenewspaper, news-sheet
Credit lineMercurius wijst een zestal heren op een nieuwsprent. 1700. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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