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Man losing his fool's cap (Malle Kees)
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Man losing his fool's cap (Malle Kees)

Pieter Langendijk (II) · c. 1770 · engraving; paper

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

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A running man with jester's bells, known in Amsterdam as Malle Kees or Kees met de bellen, loses his fool's cap. In the margin a four-line verse in Dutch. Part of a series of prints of Amsterdam street figures around 1770.

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Credit lineMan verliest zijn zotskap (Malle Kees). c. 1770. Pieter Langendijk (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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