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Burning the weeds and harvesting the grain
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Burning the weeds and harvesting the grain

Pieter Jalhea Furnius · 1568 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

The landlord, holding a scepter, gives the order to gather the harvest. The grain is harvested and the weeds are gathered and burned. A boy holds the landlord's cloak. Below the image, a Latin reference to the biblical text in Matthew 13:30. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHet verbranden van het onkruid en oogsten van het graan. 1568. Pieter Jalhea Furnius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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