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Night
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The sleeping Nox, the personification of night. From his mouth escapes a cloud of darkness. Next to him, an owl, a bat, and a rat. On the left, a loving couple. In the background, a masked man brings a veiled woman to a temple. In the margin, a Latin subtitle with an explanation of the night. The print is part of a four-part series on the parts of the day and the human activities carried out during that part of the day.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineNacht. 1582. Johann Sadeler (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
