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Procession of Lepers in a Village
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Procession of Lepers in a Village

Claes Jansz. Visscher (II) · 1640 - 1670 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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The annual festive procession of lepers with clappers on Koppermaandag (the first Monday after Epiphany) stops at the door of a house in a village, c. 1608. In the foreground, playing children; in the procession, a man with a drum, a man drinking from a jug, and a man with a kind of homemade movable frame on a stick, with puppets among bushes with apples. With an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOptocht van leprozen in een dorp. 1640 - 1670. Claes Jansz. Visscher (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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