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The Evening School
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Light and dark, virtue and vice are juxtaposed here. Bathed in bright candlelight, a girl earnestly recites her lesson, while in the shadows the schoolmaster admonishes a boy. In the foreground, a second pupil, candle in hand, helps another with his schoolwork. The candlelight here symbolizes reason.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe avondschool. before 1665. Gerrit Dou. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
