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Costume - History - 17th century

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Costume
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Images about Costume - History - 17th century

13 images from works
  • Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • A man sits by a fireplace lighting his pipe with an ember while a servant girl brings his drink. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Metsu.
  • A man leans back from a table holding a pipe in one hand and a full glass in the other; a jug is on the table. Pen lithograph by E. Leroux.
  • A fashionable gentleman sits with his arm round a lady by a tavern table as a girl chalks up drinks on a slate. Lithograph after D. Teniers (?).
  • A man sits at a table smoking as Cupid enters the room with three tobacco pipes. Engraving, c. 1618.
  • Physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; representing the Peace of Karlowitz. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, ca. 1700.
  • An operating room in a surgery: three patients are undergoing operations. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1690.
  • An operating room in a surgery: three patients are undergoing operations. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1690.
  • A man stands smoking a pipe as two onlookers sit at a table. Woodcut, 17th century.
  • A man sits smoking at a table as a woman brings him drink. Engraving by L. Gaineau, 1785, after G. Mieris.
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Works from the collections

11 works

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    A young man laments the death of a young woman. Engraving by J. Brown after T. J. Barker, c.1834.

    Thomas Jones Barker | Reference: 38233i
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    A man sits by a fireplace lighting his pipe with an ember while a servant girl brings his drink. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Metsu.

    Gabriel Metsu | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 24842i
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    A man sits at a table smoking as Cupid enters the room with three tobacco pipes. Engraving, c. 1618.

    | Date: [1618] | Reference: 24615i
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    Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.

    Rembrandt | Reference: 26851i
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    • Online

    A man leans back from a table holding a pipe in one hand and a full glass in the other; a jug is on the table. Pen lithograph by E. Leroux.

    Leroux, Eugène, 1807-1863. | Reference: 24855i
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Related topics

Smoking
Smoking Pipes
Tobacco Smoking
Drinking vessels
Alcohol Drinking
Drinking glasses
Household employees
Table
Pitchers
Clay tobacco pipes

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