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Laugh at the four monsters which art has prepared for you / But consider the three images with more attention / I give you, through those three images, insight into the beggary / I regulate, regarding this, your advantage, you regulate your compassion
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Laugh at the four monsters which art has prepared for you / But consider the three images with more attention / I give you, through those three images, insight into the beggary / I regulate, regarding this, your advantage, you regulate your compassion

Johan Noman · 1806 - 1830 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 16 medallions with satirical depictions of monstrous fantasy creatures, beggars, and figures described as 'crippled', 'defective', and 'miserable'. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 296.

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Credit lineLacht eens om de vier gedrochten, die de kunst u heeft bereid / Maar betracht de verdre beelden, met wat meer oplettendheid / 'K geef u, door die verdre beelden, inzien in de beedlaary / 'K regel, des. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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