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Wedding print, 1720

Bernard Picart · 1720 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Wedding print from 1720 with an allegorical representation of a marriage proposal. At the top the alliance coat of arms and symbols of weaving, wooden barrels and ropes. At the bottom the motto 'Sint pacta ivgalia cvrae'. Subject headings within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: The Beginning, Middle and End of Man. Marriage and wedlock.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print (civil) marriage ceremonies

Credit lineBruiloftsprent, 1720. 1720. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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