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A house full of festive noise
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Representation of one of the wisdoms according to the book of Ecclesiastes (no. 7). In an interior, a partying and courting group of men and women sits at a table full of delicacies and drinks. According to Ecclesiastes, they behave foolishly because they find pleasure in a house full of joy. In the lower margin a verse with six lines of Latin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineEen huis vol feestrumoer. 1581 - 1656. Nicolaes de Bruyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
