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The Little Man Slenderhenkius van Poepenland, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Little Man Slenderhenkius of Poepenland asks the ape for advice. Verses in German, French, and Dutch in the caption. Unnumbered (A 1 Deel). Print within a decorative border printed from a separate plate with little people making music and an ape eating porridge at the bottom. 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 descriptionCredit lineDe kleine mens Slenderhenkius van Poepenland, 1720. 1718 - 1720. Pieter van Buysen jr.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
