Street art · Amsterdam
Photo: Alf van Beem, CC0
Who needs a whip when you've got sheer will
Who needs a whip when you've got sheer will? This carved brick relief shows a herdsman wrestling cattle in a scene straight out of Assyrian palace friezes and old Dutch guild-house carvings alike.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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