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Candide Playing Cards and Candide in Norway
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Candide Playing Cards and Candide in Norway

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1778 · etching; paper

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

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Left, Candide loses 50,000 francs at the card game faro after he has returned as a wealthy man from Eldorado. Right, Candide is among the inhabitants of Norway. His left leg has meanwhile been amputated. Numbered: IV and V.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printVoltaireLiteraturewooden legcard gameshoofed animals: reindeer
Credit lineCandide speelt kaart en Candide in Noorwegen. 1778. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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