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Tavern interior with two corpses and a drinker
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Tavern interior with two corpses and a drinker

Gesina ter Borch · c. 1658 · 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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Tavern interior with two corpses and a drinker beneath a drinking song to the tune of Coomt mijn Flora. The speaker suggests drinking away all sorrow in love. In the background of the drawing, a woman shouts at her husband: the rogue, etc.

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Credit lineHerberginterieur met twee doden en een drinker. c. 1658. Gesina ter Borch. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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