Two monkeys are sitting next to a bowl of oysters. One is opening the oysters with a knife, the other is just slurping an oyster inside. Print from a series of six prints and a title print depicting various human occupations by monkeys. Copies after prints by Quirin Boel, with a verse added in Dutch below each depiction, Two monkeys eat oysters Different acts of human life represented by monkeys (series title) What is 't that m' in deez' Waereld ziet? / 'Tis Aape-game, and else not (series title), print maker: anonymous, Quirin Boel, David Teniers (II), Low Countries, 1635 - 1724, paper

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