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Poster of the Biologische Tentoonstelling (Biological Exhibition)
Also titled Affiche van de Biologische Tentoonstelling
Theo van Hoytema (The Hague, 1863–1917)
1910
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- poster
- Dimensions
- height 752 mm x width 520 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the Firma Ferwerda en Tieman
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
As far as is known, Hoytema made only three posters in his life. Of the three, this one – with its soft colours and the charming creatures amid the text – is the most beautiful by far. The critic W.F. Gouwe felt that it ‘is one of those posters people would rather hang indoors, in places affording quiet contemplation; peacefully and in pleasant company’.
