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Extended through August 30

<h4>World discovery</h4><p>The painting <i>The Chief Commissioners of the Wharves </i>features the earliest known depiction of a tattoo in Western European painting. In addition to the painting, several objects from Henk Schiffmacher's collection are also on display.</p>

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A seventeenth-century tattoo from Amsterdam

Mini-expo: Merchant with tattoo

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The Willet-Holthuysen House

What is a tattoo doing on that 17th-century wrist?

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Extended through August 30: Mini-expo 'Merchant with tattoo' | Amsterdam Museum

Extended through August 30: Mini-expo 'Merchant with tattoo'

Extended through August 30: Mini-expo 'Merchant with tattoo'

Extended through August 30

World discovery

Mini-expo: Merchant with tattoo

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What is a tattoo doing on that 17th-century wrist?