Boeren voor een fresco door Diego Rivera van de Mexicaanse revolutionair Zapata
Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919) is a national legend in Mexico. At the beginning of the 20th century he led the resistance against the major landowners and the dictator who ruled the country. While Van der Elsken has surprisingly little to say about Zapata in his accompanying text in Sweet Life, he must have sympathized with his forceful personality and fight against injustice.