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Boys, if you want to increase your joy, / study this print; For it is of Tetjeroen / Who could satisfy everyone (...)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 24 scenes about the life of the quack and jester Tetjeroen. He becomes an apprentice to a doctor, tricks farmers out of money, brews drinks from horse figs, and rides in a carriage with his sweetheart. Below each image a two-line verse.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineJongens wilje Vreugd vermeeren / wilt in dese print studeren; Want het is van Tetjeroen / Die eenyder kon voldoen (...). 1738 - 1767. Gijsbert de Groot Keur. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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