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Sloth Sleeping Beside the Devil
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Sloth Sleeping Beside the Devil

Jan Luyken · 1699 · etching; paper

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

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The personification Sloth, with donkey ears, lies sleeping by a poppy flower. The devil lies next to him. In the background a ruin and some youths pointing at the devil.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratiedevil(s) and demonsflowers: poppy
Credit lineTraagheid slapend naast de duivel. 1699. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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