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The Little Man Gertraud Knörtzlin, ca. 1710
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The Bavarian Little Person Gertraud Knörtzlin, holding a cleaver and a basket of eggs in one hand, making an obscene gesture with the other. A six-line verse in German in the caption below the title. Numbered top right: 42. Part of a loose-leaf publication from ca. 1710 of a series of caricatures of little people, known as The Dwarf Theatre.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe kleine mens Gertraud Knörtzlin, ca. 1710. 1705 - 1715. Martin Engelbrecht. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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