ABSTRACT
This essay will deal with the Dutch but also the West European image of Gypsies during the last two hundred and fifty years. In order to grasp that view, we have used oral, iconographic, and written sources at our disposal: surveys, sculpture, literature, magazines, and newspapers which can tell us much about the norms, values, and impressions of a society. These sources contain a wealth of information about people’s ideas, their behavior towards others, and their internal relations.
