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Here Has the Youth for Their Amusement / The Life and Deeds of Jan den Waters
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Here Has the Youth for Their Amusement / The Life and Deeds of Jan den Waters

Johannes Kannewet (II) · 1725 - 1780 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 48 scenes about the life of Jan de Wasser, a man who must do all the household work for his wife Griet, who wears the trousers. Below each image a caption. Numbered top right: *34.

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Credit lineHier heeft de jeugd tot haar gerijf / Jan den Wassers leven en bedrijf. 1725 - 1780. Johannes Kannewet (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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