Five legless men moving with the aid of crutches in a yard. Etching by F.D. Hillemacher after P. Bruegel, 1871.

[Paris?], 1871.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 10.3 x 14 cm

Aldus verwalt der mensch in rampspoed en in sorgen ... P. Bruegel pinx. 1568. Fred Hillemacher sc. 1871 Dutch lettering continues underneath the print commenting on misfortune in life

Wellcome Collection 43779i

After a painting then in the collection of Alfred Sensier (1815-1877); subsequently in the collection of Paul Mantz and presented by him to the Musée du Louvre in 1892. A similar group of figures are depicted in Bruegel's Fight between Carnival and Lent (Vienna, KhM). The figures are believed to portray 5 men with leprosy who would be allowed to ask for alms in cities on one Monday of the year, i.e., the Monday after Epiphany.