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All who live greedily on the begging bag / Mostly go lame on both sides / Therefore the lame bishop has many servants / Who, for a fat share, avoid the right path
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Leaf with 16 depictions of beggars. Under each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: 15. At the time this print was created, 'kreupel' was a generic term used to describe a physical impairment of the lower body. This print is intended as social satire.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineAl dat op de bedel-zak geerne leeft / 't Gaat meest al kreupel op beyde zyden / Daarom den kreupelen bisschop veel dienaars heeft / Die om een vette proef de regte gange myden. 1805 - 1808. Johannes Bouwer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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