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Panel with leaf scrolls and two half-monsters
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Panel with leaf scrolls and two half-monsters

anonymous · 1684 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

A leafy tendril sprouts from the neck of a monster and flows into the upper body of a second monster, upon which sits an insect. Sheet from a series of mirror-image copies after the series De Grotesco by Nicasius Rousseel.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit linePaneel met bladranken en twee halve monsters. 1684. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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