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The Little Man Rosmarinus van Schaaphuisen as shepherd, 1716
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Little Man Rosmarinus van Schaaphuisen, the shepherd on whom Laudate or the Joking Shepherdess is in love. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Print within a decorative border printed from a separate plate with costumed monkeys, at the bottom a little Chinese man smoking an opium pipe. Numbered right center: 24. Part of the Dutch bound edition of 1716 of a series of caricatures of little people, known as Het Dwergentooneel, copied from an older German model.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe kleine mens Rosmarinus van Schaaphuisen als herder, 1716. 1716. Fopje Folkema. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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