Ziet kinderen! dit edele dier,/ Verliest in 't eind, veel van zijn zwier. / Zoo zal 't u gaan, o lieve jeugd! / Als ge u niet toelegt op de deugd 1850 - 1870
willembal
rijksmuseum
drawing, print, paper, woodcut
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drawing
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narrative-art
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dutch-golden-age
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landscape
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figuration
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paper
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folk-art
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woodcut
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line
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genre-painting
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realism
This 19th-century print by Willem Bal, titled "Ziet kinderen! dit edele dier,/ Verliest in 't eind, veel van zijn zwier. / Zoo zal 't u gaan, o lieve jeugd! / Als ge u niet toelegt op de deugd," (See children! this noble animal/ Loses in the end, much of its grace./ So it shall go with you, dear youth!/ If you do not apply yourselves to virtue) illustrates the life of a horse through a series of scenes. The print uses rhyming text to convey a moral lesson, emphasizing the importance of hard work and virtue. This artwork is an example of 19th-century Dutch printmaking and is part of the Rijksmuseum collection in Amsterdam.
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