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Man Walking into a Column
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Man Walking into a Column

Thomas Wijck · 1626 - 1677 · etching; paper

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

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Scene from the anonymous Spanish picaresque novel Lazarillo de Tormes. The young Lázaro, tired of his master's humiliations, deliberately makes him run into a pillar. In the background, a church (Santa Maria in Coeli in Rome?).

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Credit lineMan loopt tegen zuil op. 1626 - 1677. Thomas Wijck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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