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Invitation to attend the performance of Samuel Coster's play Iphigenia, 1617
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Invitation to attend the performance of Samuel Coster's play Iphigenia on All Saints' Day 1617 in the Nederduitsche Academie, the theatre in Amsterdam. Image of two princes on horseback, both designated as Religion and the World, holding a rod of justice (Justitia). Below the image, a four-line verse in Dutch and the dedication: For the Poor Orphans. A leaf with a 17th-century annotation (hand of Phil. v. Limborch) is pasted below the print.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineUitnodiging tot het bijwonen van de uitvoering van Samuel Costers toneelstuk Iphigenia, 1617. 1617. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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