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Shoemaker and his wife, drinking beer in a room
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Shoemaker and his wife, drinking beer in a room

Frans Hogenberg · 1540 - 1590 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A shoemaker and a woman sit in a room at a low round table, drinking beer from large jugs. On the ground lie shoes and an awl. On the left through a doorway a kitchen is visible. In the middle back a woman who takes her belongings to the almshouse. On the right a man looks through a window. Under the window the text can be read that he speaks and in which the drinkers are compared to unreasonable beasts. The caption makes clear that man and woman as a result of alcoholism have to take their belongings to the almshouse.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSchoenmaker en zijn vrouw, bier drinkend in een vertrek. 1540 - 1590. Frans Hogenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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