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The Sleeping Peasant of Stolwijk, 1707
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The Sleeping Peasant of Stolwijk, 1707

Carel Allard · 1707 · etching; paper

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

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The Sleeping Peasant of Stolwijk (Dirk Klaasz de Bakker) used in a satirical print on the French in the year 1707. Around the bed of the sleeping man, doctors and onlookers are gathered. To the left, a chamber pot by the burning hearth. In the plate, a verse in 4 columns in Dutch. Part of a series of 7 satirical prints on the French and their allies from the year 1707 (and 1708). Part of the print work published under the collective title 't Lust-Hof van Momus with the bundled series of satirical prints during the years 1701-1713 of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDe slapende boer van Stolwijk, 1707. 1707. Carel Allard. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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