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| Isaac Walraven Study of hand 1727 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Bernard Picart Studies of clasping hands before 1733 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacob de Wit Hands grasping a staff before 1754 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Leonard Schenk Studies of hands before 1767 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
from Arcadia
Just as there were reeds along the riverbank,
Just as there were clouds
Above my head, my lute was lying beside me on the grass.
I placed the little finger of my right hand on the soundboard,
Just below the strings.
Not the tip of the finger, the side.
I curled the palm of my right hand towards me,
Covering the strings, so that I played
The bass note with the thumb,
The next with the index,
and the top note with the third.
The sun retreated, the night turned cold.
Rain began to fall, softly at first,
Though surely rain had fallen here before, as rain falls everywhere.
With my left hand, I positioned my thumb and index finger
Opposite each other, bearing no weight,
As if the neck of the lute were not there.
– James Longenbach (2015)
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| Anonymous artist Studies of hands ca. 1700-1800 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Joannes Bemme after David Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville Study of hand 1813 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Charles Howard Hodges Study of hand holding book before 1837 drawing on blue paper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Charles Howard Hodges Studies of hands before 1837 drawing on blue paper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Simon Andreas Krausz Study of draped arm and hand before 1825 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Gerard Allebé Study of hand 1826 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Sybrand Altmann Study of hands ca. 1840 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jan Toorop Hand of Janet Hall 1896 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Anonymous Dutch photographer Pair of hands before 1915 gelatin silver print (from X-Ray film) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| J.F. Bergmann Hand of adult (arterial system) before 1940 stereograph Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |