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Two Begging Men on Crutches
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Two vagrants by a fence. The standing man is begging with his hat, leaning on a stick. The other man is sitting beside his crutches. In the background, several trees and houses. The print is part of a series of 32 prints with genre scenes. At the time this series was created, 'kreupel' was a generic term used to describe a physical impairment of the lower body.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTwee bedelende mannen op krukken. 1638. Gillis van Scheyndel (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
