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Sitting farmers
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Sitting farmers

Pieter Nolpe · 1633 - 1679 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A farmer's wife sits on an overturned basket and reads from a paper she holds in her hands, wearing spectacles. Opposite her sits a farmer on a chair, holding a pipe. He brings a jug to his mouth. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Trade, industry and traffic, Peasant life.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineZittende boeren. 1633 - 1679. Pieter Nolpe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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