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The Old Amusing Lazy-Land
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The Old Amusing Lazy-Land

Johannes Kannewet (II) · 1725 - 1780 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Leaf with a large depiction of feasting and eating people in the Land of Cockaigne. Drink flows from a fountain, meat hangs from the trees, and food falls from the sky. Below the image, an inscription in four columns. Numbered top right: *96.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printLand of Cockaigne
Credit lineHet oud vermakelijk luylekker-land. 1725 - 1780. Johannes Kannewet (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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