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Bad Servant Cast into a Dark Dungeon
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Bad Servant Cast into a Dark Dungeon

Harmen Jansz Muller · 1585 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

The wicked servant, who had buried his talent, is bound hand and foot and placed in a dark dungeon. At the bottom of the stairs stands his master, who orders him to be thrown into the dungeon. Below the image a Latin reference to the Biblical text in Matt. 25. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSlechte dienaar in een duistere kerker gegooid. 1585. Harmen Jansz Muller. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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