John SmithEnglish, 1652De oude man krijgt billenkoek (The Cully Flaug’d)
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “De oude man krijgt billenkoek (The Cully Flaug’d)” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
A book published in England in 1680 mentioned for the first time a practice called ‘flogging’, intended ‘to pleasure Old Fumblers’ – that is to say, impotent elderly men. With an evident sense for satire, highlighted by the humorous poem, the print depicts the tiresome task of this girl, her genitals exposed, whipping an old gentleman’s posterior to conjure up his ‘Devil’.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-102.138
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
