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A Young Woman Deceiving her Old Husband
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A Young Woman Deceiving her Old Husband

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · c. 1600 - c. 1601 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Here is ‘someone being cuckolded.’ The horns allude to the fact that the elderly man is being deceived by his wife and her lover. The cuckold proffers his younger wife a flower, in vain. The verse in the margin predicts her deceit and plan to leave her old husband. The two ‘horns’ in her hair also probably refer to her adultery.

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printmocking, insultingteasingadultery
Credit lineA Young Woman Deceiving her Old Husband. c. 1600 - c. 1601. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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