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Right Half of a Large Cartouche with a Representation of Night
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Right Half of a Large Cartouche with a Representation of Night

Pieter van der Heyden · 1567 · engraving; paper

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

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Depiction of Night in the form of a sleeping man with an owl beside him. Hatched background. Part of a series of 14 sheets of cartouches with scrollwork, grotesques, trophies and friezes. The title page is missing.

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Credit lineRechterhelft van een grote cartouche met een voorstelling van de Nacht. 1567. Pieter van der Heyden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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