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Rural scenes
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 6 depictions of rural scenes, including a milkmaid driving a cow into the pasture, a milkmaid milking a cow, and a farming family eating rice pudding. Below each depiction a two-line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered in the upper left: No 12.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLandelijke taferelen. 1866 - 1902. Franciscus Antonius Beersmans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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Rural scenes
See all kinds of work and labor / Here drawn before your eyes / Contemplate with pleasure, and with / What each counts as his advantage
Variety of things, / Most suitable to amuse youth / Les désirs de l'enfance, / Sont pour la différence
Honest play may amuse you, O youth, / But do not follow the pranks of Till Eulenspiegel, / Remain virtuous and dutiful, - then you will taste joy, / Then this true pleasure - that soul's delight - will reach its peak / Take honest amusements, my dear ones / Do not follow the tricks
See, children, what strange things this print shows you, / How trade is carried on in various fields, / Thus diligent industry is crowned in every craft, / Thus the lowest estate still finds something to live on
Little Red Riding Hood, children! known to you, / Is, upon renewal, now / Presented to you in this print, / According to the motto of the ans