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Two scenes from Gellert's Fables
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Left the bailiff addresses a group of farmers who disagree with the appointment of a preacher. Right an old man and his wife. This scene illustrates the intention of a poet to make the simple life of a ninety-year-old graybeard the subject of his poetry instead of heroic deeds or love stories. Numbered: 11 and 2.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTwee scènes uit Gellert's Fabelen. 1776. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
