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William at the banquet at court
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Philip the Good finds 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 drunkenness there. The court makes him believe he is the ruler. During the banquet, he sits next to the maid Godelive who has dressed up as a princess.
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Credit lineWillem tijdens het banket aan het hof. 1842. Michel Mourot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
