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Putti practicing painting and sculpture

Jacob van der Schley · 1736 - 1779 · etching; engraving; prepared paper

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

About this work

Before the town hall on the Dam in Amsterdam, three putti practice painting and sculpture. They are protected by a personification of Virtue, against Time and Folly who have fled. Behind the putti, a pedestal with two portraits. In the margin, an explanatory verse.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print sculptor at work Stadhuis van Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Credit linePutti beoefenen de schilderkunst en beeldhouwkunst. 1736 - 1779. Jacob van der Schley. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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