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Philip the Good finds Willem van Nieuwen in the forest
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Philip the Good finds Willem van Nieuwen in the forest

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate · 1842 · lithography; paper; chine collé

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

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Philip the Good encounters Willem van Nieuwen, a shoemaker, drunk in the forest. He decides to play a trick on him by taking him to the palace to sleep off his hangover there. In the morning Philip the Good's court has gathered around the bed. They wake him and make him believe he is the ruler.

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printPhilip III the Goodforest, wooddrunkenness
Credit lineFilips de Goede vindt Willem van Nieuwen in het bos. 1842. Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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