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The Golden Age: The Law of Nature
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The female personification of the Law of Nature (Lex Naturae) sits on an uprooted tree. In one hand she holds a heart, in the other a bit and a whip. In the background, God the Father punishes Adam and Eve by banishing them from paradise. In the margin, a four-line inscription in Dutch, Latin, and French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe Gouden Eeuw: de wet van de natuur. 1563 - before 1580. Hieronymus Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
