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The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | Copyright

staffage. Term applied to small figures and animals in a painting that are not essential to the subject but are used to animate the composition. Landscape painters, notably in 17th-century Flanders and Holland, often employed other artists to paint the staffage in their work (see, for example, Poelenburgh).

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists | 2003 | | Copyright

staffage Term applied to small figures and animals in a painting that are not essential to the subject but are used to animate the composition. Landscape painters, notably in 17th-century Flanders and Holland, often employed other artists to paint the staffage in their work (see, for example, Poelenburgh).

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staffage

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

staffage accessories of a picture. XIX. — G. staffage, pseudo-F. formation on G. staffieren fit out, garnish; see -AGE
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

staffage •abridge, bridge, fridge, frig, midge, ridge •quayage • verbiage • foliage • lineage •ferriage •stowage, towage •buoyage, voyage •sewage •Babbage, cabbage •garbage • cribbage •Burbage, herbage •adage • bandage • yardage • headage •appendage • windage • bondage •vagabondage • cordage • poundage •wordage • staffage • roughage •baggage • mortgage • luggage •package, trackage •tankage • wreckage • breakage •leakage •linkage, shrinkage, sinkage •blockage, dockage, lockage •boscage • corkage • soakage •truckage • tallage • assemblage •railage •grillage, pillage, spillage, stillage, tillage, village •pupillage (US pupilage) • sacrilege •ensilage • mucilage • cartilage •sortilege • tutelage • curtilage •privilege •mileage, silage •acknowledge, college, foreknowledge, knowledge •haulage, stallage •spoilage • Coolidge

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