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Piety visits the bride
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Piety visits the bride

Johannes Wierix · 1574 · letterpress printing; engraving; paper

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

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The bride (Sponsa) prays in a room. She receives a visit from Piety (Timor Dei), she blows a trumpet. In the margin a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratiebride (in wedding-dress)
Credit lineGodsvrucht bezoekt de bruid. 1574. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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