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The subject of children making music celebrates the carefree pleasures of youth. The boy on the left is playing a violin, and the one on the right a 'rommelpot' (rumbling pot). The girl, who is wearing a soldier's gorget, beats an accompaniment with spoons on a helmet.
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The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN