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Coppersmith Monday with a Lepers' Procession in Amsterdam, 1604

Simon Fokke · 1769 · etching; paper

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The annual procession of the guilds on Copper Monday (the first Monday after Epiphany) in Amsterdam, 1604. Procession and festivities on the Dam by the guilds, where lepers are allowed into the city and money is collected for the lepers. In 1604, Copper Monday was celebrated for the last time in Amsterdam.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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print historieprent 'blue Monday'leper's procession Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam)Dam (Amsterdam)Waag op de Nieuwmarkt

Credit lineKoppermaandag met leprozenoptocht te Amsterdam, 1604. 1769. Simon Fokke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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