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Just as the joy can please everyone / So is her pleasure free to everyone; / But excess causes complaint, / This you see in this painting
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with a fair scene, including dancing and eating people, a drunkard who must vomit, and musicians. Below the image a verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 85.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGelyk de vreugd elk kan behagen / Staat haar genot ook ieder vry; / Maar buitensporigheid doet klagen, / Dit ziet ge in deze schildery. 1806 - 1830. Monogrammist LBM (prentmaker). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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