{"title":"Paper and Ephemera","description":"Printed and written material that survived because someone found it worth keeping. Memorial cards, postcards, posters, collector's albums, magazines, and flyers, objects originally made for temporary use and for that very reason now telling something about the world they came from. The collection includes religious printed matter and devotionalia, historical posters and advertising material, postcards and photographic portraits, and a growing archive of queer printed matter from the twentieth century. Each piece is a document: of a person, a moment, a movement, or a vanished world.","products":[{"product_id":"missiekaartje-africa-christo-paters-heilige-geest-1946","title":"Mission Card, Fathers of the Holy Spirit, Africa-Christo, Netherlands, 1946","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Dutch mission card from the Africa-Christo missionary charity, published by the Fathers of the Holy Spirit, dated 1946. The front shows a colour illustration of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, printed in Italy by publisher AR, series number Z\/116. The reverse contains a prayer for the mission, with the imprimatur of vicar-general F.N.J. Hendrikx at s-Hertogenbosch and the approval of Dr. L. Vogel, provincial superior at Gemert. Light signs of use, otherwise well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fathers of the Holy Spirit, also known as the Spiritans, were one of the most active missionary orders in Africa. The Africa-Christo charity was a collective support structure through which members supported the missionary fathers through donations and prayer. Mission cards like this were printed and distributed in large numbers but have rarely survived due to their everyday character. This example is a modest but concrete document of Dutch missionary culture in the post-war period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56635120582980,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_18542173.jpg?v=1775849285"},{"product_id":"bedevaartkaartje-santa-croce-gerusalemme-rome","title":"Pilgrimage Card, Basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Italian pilgrimage card from the Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome, served by the Cistercian monks. The front shows a colour photograph of the reliquary cabinet with six numbered relics: three pieces of the Holy Cross, the INRI inscription, a holy nail, two thorns, the finger of the Apostle Thomas with which he touched the wound of Christ, and fragments of the Holy Sepulchre, the Column of the Flagellation and the Manger. The reverse contains an Italian prayer to the Most Holy Cross. Light signs of use, otherwise well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is one of the seven pilgrimage churches of Rome and houses one of the most important relic collections in the Christian world. Pilgrimage cards like this were taken home by pilgrims as tangible evidence of their visit and as objects for personal devotion. They have rarely survived undamaged due to their everyday use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56635191558468,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_18564121.jpg?v=1775851960"},{"product_id":"gebetszettel-boetedienst-reichenauer-school-trier","title":"Prayer Leaflet, Penitential Service, Reichenau School Miniature, Liturgisches Institut Trier, 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA German liturgical prayer leaflet published by the Liturgisches Institut in Trier, intended for a penitential service on the theme Wie auch wir vergeben (As we also forgive). The folded leaflet contains an examination of conscience and prayer on the inside, and on the outside reproductions of an eleventh-century miniature from the Evangeliary of the Reichenau School, held at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich. The miniature illustrates the parable of the unforgiving servant from the Gospel of Matthew. Printed by Centra-Druck Sistig GmbH in Trier, with ecclesiastical permission. Light signs of use, otherwise well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reichenau School was a leading scriptorium on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, active in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Its miniatures are among the highlights of Ottonian manuscript illumination. 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Roosenboom of Heerlen. The reverse contains a Dutch-language devotional text on the meaning of the rays and the promise of protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHoly cards of this type were printed and distributed in large numbers from the 1940s onward through parishes, chapels and religious publishers in the Netherlands and Belgium. Roosenboom was one of the better-known Dutch publishers of religious printed matter in the post-war period. The card is in good condition with light age-related yellowing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650722214212,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19075556.jpg?v=1775857440"},{"product_id":"ansichtkaart-ivo-van-de-moosdijk","title":"Postcard with drawing by Ivo van de Moosdijk - with A.E. 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The combination of both names on a single card deliberately positions this object within a tradition of queer aesthetics and literary sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650745774404,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260413_12175126_0009.jpg?v=1776077042"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-sint-antonius-padua-duits","title":"German devotional leaflet Saint Anthony of Padua - \"13 Vortage\", Basilica of Padua","description":"\u003cp\u003eFolded devotional leaflet in German, published by the Sendbote des Heiligen Antonius associated with the Basilica of Padua. The front shows a colour illustration of Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child and lilies, with the domes of the Basilica in the background. The leaflet contains the full text of the \"Kurze Übung der 13 Vortage\", a series of thirteen prayers in preparation for the feast of the saint, supplemented by a responsory and antiphon. The inner page bears handwritten annotations in blue ballpoint pen, likely from personal use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"13 Vortage\" is a devotional exercise distributed worldwide from Padua through the Franciscan order and the publishing house connected to the Basilica. German-language editions of this type were printed for the large German-speaking Catholic communities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The leaflet bears the notice \"Mit kirchlicher Druckerlaubnis\" and was intended for distribution among benefactors of the Basilica.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650760618308,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19324857.jpg?v=1776077570"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-sint-franciscus-assisi-giotto","title":"Devotional leaflet Saint Francis of Assisi - Giotto fresco reproduction, Basilica of Assisi","description":"\u003cp\u003eFolded devotional leaflet in English, published by the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi and printed by Tipografia Metastasio. The front shows a colour reproduction of the \"Sermon to the Birds\", the celebrated fresco attributed to Giotto di Bondone in the Upper Church of the Basilica of Assisi. The inner pages contain the so-called Prayer of Saint Francis (\"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace\") and a welcome address from the Conventual Franciscan Friars to visitors of the shrine. The back is damaged from tape removal, which has torn away part of the paper surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis type of card was distributed on-site to pilgrims and tourists, functioning both as a devotional object and as a memento of a visit to one of the principal Franciscan pilgrimage sites in Europe. The reference to the magazine \"The Spirit of Assisi\" suggests the card dates from the 1970s or 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650765861188,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19302580.jpg?v=1776077972"},{"product_id":"priesterwijdingskaartje-barmhartig-jezus-polen-1990","title":"Polish ordination holy card Divine Mercy - ks. Cyran, Czestochowa 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card issued to mark the priestly ordination of ks. Włodzimierz Cyran in Częstochowa in 1990, printed by the Congregation of Marians (copyright 1982). The front shows a colour reproduction of the Divine Mercy image with the Polish caption \"Jezu ufam Tobie\" (Jesus, I trust in You). This version of the iconographic type is based on the painting associated with the Vilnius type, distinguished from the classic Hylas version by its more dramatic rays of light and dark architectural background. The reverse contains two biblical quotations in Polish from Jeremiah and Ephesians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrdination cards of this type were printed in large numbers in Poland from the 1950s onward and distributed by the newly ordained priest to family, friends and parishioners as a personal keepsake. The year 1990 falls in the period immediately following the fall of communism in Poland, when the Catholic Church held a particularly prominent role in public life. The Congregation of Marians, a Marian congregation with close ties to the Divine Mercy devotion, produced the card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650795745604,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19291665.jpg?v=1776078526"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-exvoto-altotting-1879","title":"Devotional card ex-voto Altötting chapel - reproduction votive painting 1879, Drittordensverlag","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with a colour reproduction of a votive painting from the Holy Chapel of Altötting, dated 1879. The painting shows two kneeling figures — a man in dark habit and a woman in civilian dress — on either side of a church building, while above them the Altötting Madonna appears in a radiant formation of clouds. The inscription on the painting reads: \"Zwei gewisse Personen verlobten sich hieher in gewissen Anliegen zur Muttergottes. EXVOTO. 1879.\" The reverse gives the publisher's name: Drittordensverlag Altötting Nr. 917.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAltötting is the principal Marian shrine of Bavaria and one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage sites in German-speaking Europe. The Holy Chapel houses hundreds of ex-votos left by pilgrims in gratitude for graces received. The votive painting reproduced on this card is a rare example of an anonymous pledge — \"two certain persons\" who do not reveal their names but record their devotion for posterity. The Drittordensverlag was the Franciscan publishing house connected to the shrine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685508002116,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19103393.jpg?v=1776773424"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-africa-christo-spiritijnen-sint-antonius-1946","title":"Devotional card Africa-Christo Spiritans - Saint Anthony of Padua, 1946","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card from the Africa-Christo missionary charity of the Fathers of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), printed in Italy (AA Dep Z\/121). The front shows a colour illustration of Saint Anthony of Padua in Franciscan habit, kneeling before the Christ Child resting on a rock, surrounded by cherubs and radiant light. The reverse contains a Dutch-language missionary prayer and bears the imprimatur of F.N.J. Hendrikx, Vic.-Gen. of the Diocese of Den Bosch, dated 23 April 1946, and the approval of Dr. L. Vogel, Provincial Superior C.S.Sp. in Gemert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit) were one of the most active Dutch missionary congregations in Africa in the twentieth century, with their provincialate based in Gemert. Africa-Christo was their missionary charity through which donors in the Netherlands were connected to evangelisation work. Cards of this type were distributed to members and benefactors of the charity. The card is in good condition with light yellowing and a small defect at the upper right corner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685524320580,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19182762.jpg?v=1776773550"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-sint-antonius-pieter-geraedts-gidsen-gebed","title":"Devotional card Saint Anthony of Padua - after Pieter Geraedts, Girl Guides Prayer, Elwa 134","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with on the front a colour reproduction of a painting by Dutch artist Pieter Geraedts, depicting Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child in a red tunic. The image is published by Elwa (nr. 134) and is distinguished by a restrained, almost expressionistic rendering of both figures. The reverse contains the \"Gidsen Gebed\" — the prayer of the Catholic Girl Guides movement, with the motto \"Weest bereid\" (Be Prepared) as its central theme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePieter Geraedts (1900-1980) was a Dutch painter and illustrator known for his religious works in a personal, modernising style that broke with the sweet sentimentality of traditional devotional art. The combination of his work with the Girl Guides Prayer on the reverse places this card in the context of the Catholic youth movement in the Netherlands, likely from the 1940s or 1950s. The card is in good condition with light yellowing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685529235780,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19195890.jpg?v=1776773612"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-sint-franciscus-eggenfelden-beieren","title":"Devotional card Saint Francis of Assisi - gilded monastery church figure Eggenfelden, Bavaria","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with a colour photographic reproduction of a gilded wooden figure of Saint Francis of Assisi, displayed in a round-arched niche with a golden glory of rays in the monastery church of Eggenfelden, Bavaria. The saint is shown in Franciscan habit, holding a cross in one hand and extending an open hand in a welcoming gesture. The photograph was taken by Zunhammer, Pfr. The reverse contains the \"Segen des Heiligen Franziskus\" in German, based on the Aaronic blessing from the Book of Numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEggenfelden is a town in Lower Bavaria whose Franciscan monastery church served as an important local centre of devotion. Cards of this type were issued as mementos of a visit to the monastery or as devotional material for the surrounding faithful. The plain presentation of the reverse and the quality of the photographic reproduction suggest a publication from the 1950s or 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685533495620,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19215164.jpg?v=1776773648"},{"product_id":"antiek-devotieprentje-sint-antonius-chromolithografie-1900","title":"Antique devotional card Saint Anthony of Padua - chromolithograph with deckled edge, ca. 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntique devotional card of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, executed as a chromolithograph on linen-textured paper with a deckled edge. The illustration shows the saint in Franciscan habit, holding the child in his arms, surrounded by a gold-printed Gothic frame with a floral motif in blue and green. The Latin caption reads: \"S. Antonius de Padua. O Deus, ego amo te.\" The card bears the number 257 and a small publisher's rosette at lower left. The reverse is blank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDevotional cards with deckled edges and linen texture are characteristic of chromolithographic production from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, produced primarily in Belgian, French and German workshops. The deckled edge technique — machine-punched — was a standard element that gave the cards an elegant, textile-like character. The card is in good condition with light yellowing and a small mark to the right; the colours have remained vivid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685539754308,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19225863.jpg?v=1776773680"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-sint-antonius-kunst-adelt-maastricht-huisvrouw","title":"Devotional card Saint Anthony of Padua - Housewife's Prayer, Kunst-Adelt Maastricht","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with on the front a colour reproduction of Saint Anthony of Padua, kneeling and lifting the Christ Child in adoration, against a warm ochre background. The illustration is signed \"Asdri\" and published by Kunst-Adelt in Maastricht (nr. 2711), printed in Holland. The reverse contains the \"Gebed voor de Huisvrouw\" (Housewife's Prayer), a three-stanza poem connecting ordinary domestic tasks — cooking, washing, scrubbing floors — to Christian devotion. The card bears the number K.288.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKunst-Adelt was a Maastricht publisher of religious printed matter active in the first half of the twentieth century, known for its quality lithographic cards for the Dutch Catholic market. The Housewife's Prayer places this card in a specific context: the Catholic housewife who understood her daily labour as an act of prayer — a spirituality widely present in popular devotion from the 1930s to the 1950s. The card is in good condition with light yellowing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685545029956,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19241728.jpg?v=1776773722"},{"product_id":"professiekaartje-zuster-maria-vicentiana-tilburg-1916","title":"Religious profession card Sr. Maria Vicentiana - Tilburg 1916, Saint Anthony after Feuerstein","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card issued to mark the Holy Profession of the Reverend Sister Maria Vicentiana, born Cornelia Vorselaars, in the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady Mother of Mercy in Tilburg, on 6 September 1916. The front shows a colour reproduction of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child on an open book, after a painting by German artist M. Feuerstein, published by the Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst in Munich (nr. 86). The biblical caption reads: \"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God\" (Matt. 5). The reverse contains the announcement text with quotations from the Psalms, Augustine and the Magnificat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady Mother of Mercy was founded in Tilburg in 1832 and was one of the major Dutch female congregations devoted to education and care. The card dates from the second year of the First World War — a context that lends particular weight to the choice of religious life. The card shows signs of use appropriate to its age of over a century, including folds, yellowing and staining.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685549191492,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19252395.jpg?v=1776773753"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-sint-antonius-barok-eggenfelden-beieren","title":"Devotional card gilded baroque figure Saint Anthony of Padua - monastery church Eggenfelden, Bavaria","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with a colour photographic reproduction of a gilded baroque wooden sculpture of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, housed in the monastery church of Eggenfelden, Bavaria. The figure shows the saint in an animated, forward-leaning posture with an outstretched arm, holding the child close, crowned by a dark wooden glory. The expressive drapery and dynamic composition are characteristic of South German baroque sculpture. The photograph was taken by Zunhammer, Pfr. The reverse contains the German Antony responsory \"Willst du schauen Wunderzeichen\", supplemented by an antiphon and closing prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis card belongs to the same series as the devotional card of the Saint Francis figure from the monastery church of Eggenfelden, also photographed by Zunhammer. The combination of baroque sculpture and liturgical text was a standard format for devotional material distributed on-site to pilgrims and visitors to the Franciscan monastery. Probable dating: 1950s or 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685551583556,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19263539.jpg?v=1776773786"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-sint-jozef-barok-vachendorf-beieren","title":"Devotional card Saint Joseph with Christ Child - polychrome baroque statue Vachendorf Bavaria, Zunhammer","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with a colour photographic reproduction of a polychrome and gilded baroque statue of Saint Joseph, housed in the Pfarrkirche of Vachendorf in Upper Bavaria. The figure shows Joseph in green robes with a golden mantle, holding the Christ Child, carrying a lily and surrounded by a golden glory. The base bears the inscription \"St. JOSEPH\". The photograph was taken by Engelbert Zunhammer, Pfr. The reverse contains the German family prayer \"Zum hl. 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The quotation from Teresa of Ávila — one of the most frequently cited statements on Josephine devotion in German-language Catholic literature — lends this simple card an unexpected theological weight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685555974468,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19274288.jpg?v=1776773815"},{"product_id":"postcard-grottes-de-han-pont-salle-darmes-nels","title":"Postcard Grottes de Han, Le Pont de la Salle d'Armes, Nels, interwar period","description":"\u003cp\u003ePostcard in sepia collotype depicting Le Pont de la Salle d'Armes in the Grottes de Han-sur-Lesse, published by Nels in Brussels as number 14. Visitors in winter attire cross the bridge while burning torches in the foreground and background pick out the rough rock walls of the cavern. The card is unposted and in good condition, with a fine grain to the paper and a small printing mark along the lower edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe caves of Han-sur-Lesse are among the oldest tourist destinations in Belgium and were opened commercially to the public from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Nels, founded by Edouard Nels and later continued by Ern. Thill, became one of the principal Belgian postcard publishers during the first half of the twentieth century, with a catalogue ranging from city views to churches, castles and natural sites. The dramatised torchlight seen on this card belongs to the established visual vocabulary through which the subterranean world of Han was presented to the interwar public.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685924942148,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260413_12105556_0002.jpg?v=1776784750"},{"product_id":"art-card-ivo-van-de-moosdijk-once-this-was-my-home","title":"Art card Ivo van de Moosdijk, Once this was my home, 2013","description":"\u003cp\u003eArt card reproducing 'Once this was my home', a drawing by the Dutch artist Ivo van de Moosdijk dated 2013. The composition shows a young male nude in a reclining pose against a landscape background of hills, trees and stone structures, executed in the fine pencil technique for which Van de Moosdijk is known. 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