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Reproduction of a print after a drawing of a shoemaker and his creditor
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Scene from 'Le Savetier' by Jean de La Fontaine. A wealthy citizen lent money to a cobbler and proposed that his wife repay the debt in kind. She agrees, but involves her husband in the plot and ensures they are caught. Reproduction of a proof with sketches in the margins.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineReproductie van een prent naar een tekening van een schoenmaker en zijn schuldeiser. 1880. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.