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Studies of animals and half-creatures
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Studies of animals and half-creatures

anonymous · c. 1765 - c. 1780 · pen; brush; paper; ink; watercolor (paint); graphite (mineral)

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

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The studies were made after motifs from a print series by Stefano della Bella from around 1640-1650: Frises, feuillages et grotesques (Alexandre de Vesme and Phyllis Dearborn Massar, Stefano della Bella, 1971, nos. 979-985).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
drawing'Mostri' (Ripa)monsters ~ fishesdog
Credit lineStudies van dieren en halfwezens. c. 1765 - c. 1780. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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