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The Little Man Rosmarinus van Schaaphuisen as shepherd, 1720
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The Little Man Rosmarinus van Schaaphuisen as shepherd, 1720

Fopje Folkema · 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 Rosmarinus van Schaaphuisen, the shepherd on whom Laudate, or the Flirtatious Shepherdess, is in love. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Numbered right center: 24. Print within a decorative border printed from a separate plate with monsters and a harlequin. Part of the second Dutch bound edition of 1720 (related to the Windhandel of 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 Rosmarinus van Schaaphuisen als herder, 1720. 1716 - 1720. Fopje Folkema. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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