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Plate with the Inscription: A Quiet Wife and Her Conduct Gladdens the Table, but When the Wine, Then She Bristles and Barks, So Is All Wrong, 1683
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Faience plate. Polychrome painted with a text. Een Rustigh wijf/ en haer bedrief/ verheught den dis/ maar als de waart // dan pruilt en baart/ soo is al mis/ 1683.
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Credit lineBord met het opschrift: Een Rustigh wijf/ en haer bedrief/ verheught den dis/ maar als de waart/ dan pruilt en baart/ soo is al mis/ 1683. 1683. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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