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The Little Man Pantaleon Burgman, 1720
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The Little Man Pantaleon Burgman, 1720

Joost van Sassen · 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 Pantaleon Burgman of the Swiss Guard in Rome on duty. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Numbered right center: 15. Print within a decorative border, printed from a separate plate with little people. 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 Pantaleon Burgman, 1720. 1716 - 1720. Joost van Sassen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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