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A Couple Making Love in a Park Spied on by Children
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Rotterdam’s Adriaen van der Werff painted a game of glances here. The statue on the left gazes down at two little boys hidden behind a bush. In turn, they spy on a couple making love. Oblivious to the onlookers, the man grins at his lover. Completing the cycle, the woman, with a smile, gazes directly out at us.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineA Couple Making Love in a Park Spied on by Children. 1694. Adriaen van der Werff. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
