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The Complicated Marriage
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The Complicated Marriage

Romeyn de Hooghe · 1698 · etching; paper

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

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The Nijmegen Riddle or The Complicated Marriage, 1619. Painting hanging in the Nijmegen town hall with a family portrait depicting complicated relationships from a marriage concluded there in 1619. At the bottom, a four-line verse in Dutch. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Customs and Habits in the Narrower Sense, Clothing, Costume (periods), Louis XIV (1650–1720). The Allonge period.

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Credit lineGecompliceerde huwelijk. 1698. Romeyn de Hooghe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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