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The Little Man Knight of Nobility as a Hussar, 1720
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The Little Man Knight of Nobility as a Hussar, 1720

Andries van Buysen (Sr.) · 1716 - 1720 · etching; paper

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

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The Little Man Knight of Nobility as a Hussar. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Numbered right center: 12. Print within a decorative border, printed from a separate plate with flowers. Part of the second Dutch bound edition of 1720 (and related to the Windhandel in that year) of a series of caricatures of little people, known as Het Dwergentooneel, partly copied from an older German model.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDe kleine mens Ridder der Adeldoms als huzaar, 1720. 1716 - 1720. Andries van Buysen (Sr.). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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