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When the rooster feeds greedily; the food and drink are consumed, / While the hen clucks and crows, then everything goes wrong. / If everyone performs their duty and remains watchful at their post, / Then unity prevails, and this brings pleasure
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Sheet with 2 depictions of a man and a woman and their struggle over the breeches. Under each image a six-line verse. Numbered in the upper right: No. 109.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineWanneer de haan zig vraatig voedt; de spys en drank verteert, / Terwyl de hen klapwiekt en kraait, dan gaat het gantsch verkeerd. / Zo elk zyn' pligt betracht, en op zyn post blyft waaken, / Dan heeft. 1806 - 1830. Gerrit Oortman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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