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Etching of a cat on a ledge looking at a hanging birdcage beside a brick wall, with a hazy town and hills in the distance.

Kloosterleven in emblemen

An etching shows a seated cat on a stone ledge, gazing at a birdcage hanging from a brick wall at right. Beyond, a hazy landscape of hills, church spires and a small town recedes under an open sky with a few birds.

Artist
Jacques Callot
Date
1621-1635
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3344 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1635.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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