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Plate with the inscription: We pray you, O Lord / Send your blessing down / upon these your generous gifts / for not so much the food / as your wise blessing / can feed and nourish us
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Faience plate, polychrome painted with the text: wij bidden u o heer/ Sent uwen seegen neer/ op dees u milde gaven/ want niet soo seer de spijs/ als wel u seegen wijs/ ons voeden kan en laaven/ 1683. On the rim, the text in four cartouches: Die bidt niet/ soot behoort; Maar/ rabbelt/ slegts/ de/ woor/ den; die wer/ van godt/ verhoor; alsof godt/ niet en hoorde.
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Credit lineBord met het opschrift: wij bidden u o heer/ Sent uwen seegen neer/ op dees u milde gaven/ want niet soo seer de spijs/ als wel u seegen wijs/ ons voeden kan en laaven. 1683. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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