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Tag Archives: Netherlands
1692: Water Color
A page from A. Boogert’s Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau [A Treatise on the Colors Used in Watercolor Painting] (1692). Found here.
1866: Special Providence
Preserved specimen of Lonchura pallida pallida [pale-headed munia] from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands (1866). The pale-headed munia is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia. (source)
1635: And Drinking Cocktails Too, Apparently
Quirin Boel: Two Monkeys Playing Backgammon (1635 – 1690) (source) “Twee apen spelen triktrak” in Dutch; “triktrak” is a nice onomatopoeia.
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