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The Eloquent Peasant & Egyptian Justice
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant is a literary work from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2040-1782 BCE) which illustrates the value society placed on the concept of justice and equality under the law. In the story, a peasant named Khun-Anup...
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Peasant Hanging the Washing by Morisot
An 1881 oil on canvas painting, Peasant Hanging the Washing, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. Depicting a scene from the banlieues of Paris where new housing was recently built for poorer families so that they...
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Peasant Wedding Dance
The 'Peasant Wedding Dance', a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, c. 1610 CE. (Louvre Museum, Paris)
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Peasant Women Planting Pea Sticks by Pissarro
An 1891 gouache and chalk on silk painting, Peasant Women Planting Pea Sticks, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist was interested in capturing an idealised view of rural life in many works...
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Peasant's House at Eragny by Pissarro
An 1887 oil on canvas landscape by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. Here the artist is using the pointillist method of building up an image using small dots of colour. Unlike others who used dots, Pissarro...
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Peasant family by Taras Shevchenko
A painting by Taras Shevchenko. The artist created this work during his first trip to Ukraine. In this painting he portrayed a family scene near the house: a young couple is happy observing the first steps of their child. Oil on canvas...
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Peasant Selling his Assignats to a Money Changer
Peasant selling his assignats to a money changer, Paris, gouache by Jean-Baptiste Lesueur, c. 1789-1796.
Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
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German Peasants' War
The German Peasants' War (1524-1525) was a conflict between the lower class of the Germanic region of the Holy Roman Empire and the nobility over the feudal system of serfdom, religious freedom, and economic disparity. It was later characterized...
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Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
12th Dynasty papyrus with literary text the Tale of the Eloquent Peasant. Thebes, Egypt.
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Breton Peasant Women by Gauguin
An 1894 oil on canvas, Breton Peasant Women, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. Painted in Brittany. The figures are an excellent example of the cloisonnist style where areas of a single colour are bordered...
