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On the Establishment of the Widows' Bourses in the Year 1749
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The establishment of the Widows' Exchange in February 1749. A young couple has the regulations of the widows' fund declared in an office; on the wall a list of subscribers and an allegorical painting. At the top a medal or coin on the Widows' Exchange. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: The Beginning, Middle and End of Man. Wedding and marriage.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTer oprichtinge van de Weduwenbeurzen in 't jaer 1749. 1749. Simon Fokke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.