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Playing cards with parrots, monkeys, lions, and peacocks

Also known as: Speelkaarten met papegaaien, apen, leeuwen en pauwen

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1544

Playing card with four parrots from a set of 31 cards from an original set of 52 cards with parrots, monkeys, lions, and peacocks. Numbered at the top: IIII. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-P-2025-210-3; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique etching; measurements height 93 mm x width 61 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.

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Physical characteristics

Material
paper
Technique
etching
Measurements
height 93 mm x width 61 mm
Dimensions museum
height 93 mm x width 61 mm

Identification

Original title
Speelkaarten met papegaaien, apen, leeuwen en pauwen
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
RP-P-2025-210-3
Museum classification
playing card · print

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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