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Four passers-by on a slope
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Four passers-by on a slope

Esaias Boursse · 1662 · brush; paper; ink

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

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Four figures are drawn in a row on a slope outdoors. Only the leftmost figure, standing in front, is fully rendered; the other three figures remain more or less sketchy. The man on the left wears a large cloth (chadar) wrapped around his shoulders and body, reaching past his calves. With his arms crossed in front of his chest, he holds the cloth closed. A small cloth is tied around his head. His hair is not visible, but a long, stretched earlobe is. The second man, standing diagonally behind him, wears a hip cloth (veshti, lungi) largely wrapped around his waist: one end hangs down along his left leg, the other over his left arm. In his left hand, he holds a long staff (pingo-lat). The third man wears a short, folded hip cloth (veshti, lungi); on his left hip, he carries the tools of a palm wine tapper (toddy tapper): an earthen jug (labu katay) suspended in crossed ropes, and a wooden box from which tools protrude: a hammer (thalanay) and a sharp knife.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineFour passers-by on a slope. 1662. Esaias Boursse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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