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Bird of Paradise

Jacques Callot · 1625 - 1629 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

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

About this work

Representation of a bird of paradise flying above a landscape. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Life of Mary in Emblems'. The first state of this series includes, besides a title page and 26 emblems, also three sheets with hymns to Mary in letterpress without images.

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Credit lineParadijsvogel. 1625 - 1629. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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