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Engraving of musicians under a vine trellis, including a seated figure with a donkey, a keyboard instrument, a kneeling singer and a horn player. Latin caption below.

Emblemata Saecularia, 1596

An engraved emblem plate shows several musicians in a garden setting beneath a trellis of vines: a seated figure at left with a donkey beside him, a keyboard instrument, a kneeling singer reading sheet music, and a horn player at right. The Latin caption below reads 'Auriculis Midae non musica gratior ulla est.'

Artist
Johann Theodor de Bry
Date
1596
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3737 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1596.
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

Español: Emblema de Midas y músicos, grabado, 1596

Una lámina de emblema grabada muestra varios músicos en un jardín bajo un enrejado de vides: una figura sentada a la izquierda junto a un burro, un instrumento de teclado, un cantante arrodillado leyendo una partitura y un corneta a la derecha. La leyenda latina debajo dice 'Auriculis Midae non musica gratior ulla est.'

Português: Emblema de Midas e músicos, gravura, 1596

Uma estampa de emblema gravada mostra vários músicos em um jardim sob uma treliça de videiras: uma figura sentada à esquerda ao lado de um burro, um instrumento de teclado, um cantor ajoelhado lendo uma partitura e um trompetista à direita. A legenda em latim abaixo diz 'Auriculis Midae non musica gratior ulla est.'

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