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Two Madmen
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Between 1670 and 1673, the year of his death, the Antwerp sculptor Pieter Xaveri lived in Leiden, where he made small sculptures modelled in terracotta. Many of them are anecdotal. The meaning of this unusual depiction of two fettered men in a frenzy is unknown.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTwee krankzinnigen. 1673. Pieter Xaveri. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
