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Third Excuse: The Man Who Had Just Married
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A servant of the king comes to the third guest and invites him to the wedding feast. The guest apologizes with the excuse that he has just gotten married. He points to his bride. Below the depiction is a reference in Latin to the Biblical text in Luke 14. This print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDerde voorwendsel: de man die net getrouwd was. 1558. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
