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Monkey as quack doctor, ca. 1720
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Monkey as quack doctor, ca. 1720

Matthijs Pool · 1720 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A monkey as a quack doctor, on a podium before an audience of monkeys, promoting his wares. In the inscription, verses in French and Dutch. Print no. 3 in a series of 16 prints from ca. 1720 in which monkeys appear as humans in various domestic scenes.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAap als kwakzalver, ca. 1720. 1720. Matthijs Pool. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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