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Dancing peasant with beggar's badge and a woman
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Dancing peasant with beggar's badge and a woman

Cornelis Massijs · 1577 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

In the period in which this series originated 'kreupel' was a generic word to describe a physical impairment of the lower body. This series is social satire. A dancing farmer, with a beggar's badge on his coat and feathers on his hat, dances with a woman. Both lean on a crutch. Numbered: 3.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDansende boer met bedelaarsinsigne en een vrouw. 1577. Cornelis Massijs. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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