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Peasant couple
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Peasant couple

Gesina ter Borch · 1653-12-18 · brush; calligraphy; paper; pen (veer); ink; watercolor (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Peasant couple under a pastoral poem with a love complaint of Thyrsis to Grisell, set to the melody of "Waer ick mij wend of keer." The illustration does not match the description in the poem; the shepherds have become market-goers and their sheep have become chickens.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineBoerenpaar. 1653-12-18. Gesina ter Borch. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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