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Bird on a Thistle
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Bird on a Thistle

Jacques Callot · 1621 - 1635 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

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

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Depiction of a bird sitting on a blooming thistle in a deserted landscape. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in type. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Monastic Life in Emblems'. The second state of this series includes, besides an illustrated title page and 26 emblems, a title page and a dedication page, both in text only.

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Credit lineVogel op een distel. 1621 - 1635. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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