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Peasant woman feigning resistance to advances of a lover
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Peasant woman feigning resistance to advances of a lover

Bernard Picart · 1705 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A peasant woman (Claudine) resists quasi against a lover who tries to kiss her. While she wards off his hands and lips, she laughs. Her basket hangs from the branch of a tree. In the margin a four-line caption in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printfarmersunsuccessful love affairseductionloverscourting, flirting
Credit lineBoerin verzet zich quasi tegen avances van een minnaar. 1705. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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