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The Marriage Trap: an allegory on marriage
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The marriage trap, allegory on marriage. Couples walk arm in arm into a large trap or net accompanied by music from a small orchestra. On top of the trap sits Cupido. Putti dance around a bride and groom with flower basket. Around the trap walk men and women, they make all kinds of erotic allusions. To the right Death swings with a hatchet.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe huwelijksfuik: allegorie op het huwelijk. 1655. Salomon Savery. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
