Playing card with eight monkeys
Also known as: Speelkaart met acht apen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1544
Playing card with eight monkeys from a set of 31 cards from an original set of 52 cards with parrots, monkeys, lions, and peacocks. Numbered at the top: VIII. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-P-2025-210-16; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique etching; measurements height 92 mm x width 60 mm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- etching
- Measurements
- height 92 mm x width 60 mm
- Dimensions museum
- height 92 mm x width 60 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Speelkaart met acht apen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- RP-P-2025-210-16
- Museum classification
- print · playing card
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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