Rijksmuseum
The Rat Poison Seller
1660
Rat catchers, like beggars, street musicians, peddlers and quacksalvers, were regarded as persons of low moral character. Such picturesque individuals provided rewarding subjects for artists. Van Swol drew his inspiration for this small figure of a rat poison seller and his little servant from an etching by Rembrandt from 1632.
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