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First Allegory: The New Ploughed Field
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First Allegory: The New Ploughed Field

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert · 1558 - 1559 · engraving; paper

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

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A servant of the king comes to the first guest and invites him to the wedding feast. The guest excuses himself, saying he has just bought a new field that he must first inspect. Below the image, a Latin reference to the biblical text in Luke 14. This print is part of an album.

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Credit lineEerste voorwendsel: de nieuwe akker. 1558 - 1559. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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