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Nursery of the monkeys, ca. 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The monkey nursery, with a wet nurse, mother, and the newborn monkey. In the inscription, verses in French and Dutch. Print no. 1 in a series of 16 prints from ca. 1720 in which monkeys appear as humans in various domestic scenes.
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Credit lineKraamkamer van de apen, ca. 1720. 1720. Matthijs Pool. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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