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Sight
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The personification of Sight. She looks into a hand mirror and is accompanied by an eagle. Around her lie measuring instruments, masks and a telescope. In the background a play is performed on a small stage. In the margin an eight-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin referring to the months May, June and July with which the sense of Sight is associated.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGezicht. 1589 - 1611. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
