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The Little Man Petrus Dorlandus as a Whaler, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Little Man Petrus Dorlandus as a (Dutch?) whaler in Greenland. Verses in Dutch and French in the caption. Numbered right center: 13. Print within a decorative border, printed from a separate plate with leaves and monsters. 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 descriptionCredit lineDe kleine mens Petrus Dorlandus als walvisvaarder, 1720. 1716 - 1720. Joost van Sassen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
