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Woman Trampling Her Husband
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Woman Trampling Her Husband

Cornelis van Kittensteyn · 1610 - 1663 · engraving; paper

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

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In a landscape near a city, a woman with one large step tramples her husband, while another man pulls at her skirt and gets an egg from her basket in his face. At the tree on the right sits a person with folded hands and behind the trampling stands a woman who holds her hands next to her head. In the image a cartouche with a two-line Dutch text. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Customs and Manners in a Narrower Sense, Clothing, Costumes (periods), The first half of the 17th century. (French fashion).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVrouw die haar man vertrapt. 1610 - 1663. Cornelis van Kittensteyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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