Vices of Youth
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
The print, probably an illustration from a book (p. 378 of part 1), shows a street view of a city, divided into different compartments. Each of the compartments contains scenes of lewdness. In the foreground left a room where feasting and drinking take place. The table has overturned and one of the men present vomits over another man. To the left at the back a house with two floors. On the upper floor a youth is being mocked and on the lower floor a loan is being repaid. In the street a man rides past another man who is pulling up his trousers. The rider holds a handkerchief over his mouth. Behind them three vagabonds and two fighting beggars talk. In the background right a prison. At the very back someone jumps from a balcony.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description