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The Skirt Fight
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The Skirt Fight

anonymous · c. 1711 - c. 1715 · etching; hand coloring; paper; watercolor (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Seven men fighting - as women - with each other over the skirt of a woman. With a verse of eight lines in German below the image. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Daily life; folk humor, satire and superstition.

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Credit lineStrijd om de rok. c. 1711 - c. 1715. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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