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The bailiff leads the farmer's cow away
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The bailiff leads the farmer's cow away after having exchanged it for an inferior specimen. In the background, the farmer and his family watch helplessly. Scene no. 2 in a series of six small scenes of the successive episodes of the story of the Judgment of Count William III in the year 1336. These small prints belong on both sides of the large central scene. Each scene has an inscription consisting of a motto and a verse of two columns of eight lines.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe baljuw voert de koe van de boer weg. 1613. Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.