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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 406213, member: 2844&quot;]Difficult to say. I think there may have been different dates for different countries.</p><p>In the Low Countries, where Teniers was, it was mostly the 17th century. That probably had to do with the fact that they had the most booming economy of Europe at the time, and could import exotic species.</p><p>&#039;Singerie&#039; in Europe in general had its heyday in the 18th century, but had a revival in the 19th:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Emmanuel_Noterman_-_The_art_experts.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&quot;The Art Experts&quot;(<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />) by 19th century Belgian painter Emmanuel Noterman.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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