Centsprent: Hier ziet gij Steven van der Klok, / En al zijn hooggeroemde daden, / Waar hij zoo veel opzien trok, / En zich met eer zag overladen, N. 25.

The history of Steven van der Klok, the diligent worker who sounds the bells, mows the grass, and catches fish. One day, however, he climbs a tree to fetch a bird’s nest and he falls to his death.Deventer, J. de Lange (1752 - 1849); via Schalekamp en van de Grampel, Amsterdam, whose address is mentioned on the print: ‘Te Amsterdam, bij Schalekamp en van de Grampel, op de N.Z. Voorburgwal over de N. Kerk.’ numbered ‘No. 25 in upper right corner.l 24 woodcut illustrations (each 45 x 57 mm) on handmade paper, hand coloured in red, blue and yellow; 2-line verses under each image; total: 415 x 335 mm; Pro Patria watermark, countermark: ‘A van Houtum & Zoon’; folded twice, several holes and parts missing from the margins.De Meyer p. 205, Boerma p. 777 (Lange 25).

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Catalogue: Centsprenten, Death Handcoloured Popular prints Prenten, Prints Woodcut