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The Tongue Scrapers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Tongue Sharpeners. On the left, a man sharpens a tongue on a whetstone turned by another. On the right, two men empty a carrying basket full of tongues into a basket held by a woman. In the center foreground, an anvil with blacksmith's tools. On the anvil lies a tongue. In the background, through an open door, two quarreling women are visible.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe tongenslijpers. 1592. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
