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Don Quixote Led by Love and Folly
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Don Quixote Led by Love and Folly

Jacob van der Schley · 1744 · engraving; paper

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

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Personifications of Love and Folly (holding a fool's stick) lead Don Quixote on his horse along uncharted paths. The windmill in the background appears to Don Quixote as a giant.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printLove personifiedFolly, Foolishnesswindmill
Credit lineDon Quichot door Liefde en Zotheid geleid. 1744. Jacob van der Schley. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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