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The life of farmers and shepherds, / And what their fields and plows yield, / The amusement, the profit from the useful cattle, / This print-set shares with you, ô youth!
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 36 depictions from the life and work of the peasant and the shepherd. Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered: No. 119.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDer boeren en der herdren leven, / En wat hun veld en akker geven, / 't vermaak, de winst door 't nutte vee, / Deelt u, ô jeugd! dit prentstel meê. 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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