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Beggars, fools and musicians with disabilities
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Beggars, fools, and musicians with various physical disabilities. Some lean on crutches or have a wooden leg. Below the image in the margin, a four-line text in Dutch. In the time when this series was created, 'crippled' was a generic term to describe a physical disability of the lower body. The print is intended as social satire.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBedelaars, narren en muzikanten met beperkingen. 1570 - 1601. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
