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The Golden Ass is adorned with flowers and rose-wreaths (...) I am a camel, observe me well (...)
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The Golden Ass is adorned with flowers and rose-wreaths (...) I am a camel, observe me well (...)

Hendrik van der Putte · 1551 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with two depictions of an ox (referred to in the text as a guild ox) and a dromedary (referred to in the text as a camel). Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered at the top center: 79.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printhoofed animals: camelhoofed animals: dromedaryprize-oxox
Credit lineDen Gildt-Os wort geciert met Bloem en Roose-kranssen (...) / Ick ben een Keemel besiet my wel (...). 1551. Hendrik van der Putte. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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