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Beggars
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Beggars

Pieter Serwouters · 1713 - 1715 · engraving; paper

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

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In front of an inn named D'Laserusclep, a group of feasting beggars sits around a table, including a hurdy-gurdy player, a woman with a nursing child, a courting couple, a vomiting man, and a man with a wooden leg. On the left, a round dance. A broom is being thrown out of the house, indicating it is a dubious establishment. Below the inn sign, a man and woman, the man holding a lazarus-clasp. Each of the two hanging signs also depicts a lazarus-clasp. In the background, a woman and a one-legged man, "honest beggars," walk past the inn, heading instead toward a church. Below the print, two poems in Dutch and French. Published as a caricature on the Peace of Utrecht.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBrassende bedelaars. 1713 - 1715. Pieter Serwouters. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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