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Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen
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Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen

1585 · engraving; paper

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

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In an enclosed vineyard, vintagers kill the owner's servants. The servants had come to collect the portion of the harvest to which the owner was entitled. When his servants do not return, the owner decides to send his son. His son is thrown out of the vineyard and murdered by the tenants in the foreground. Below the image a reference in Latin to the biblical text in Luke 20:9. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGelijkenis van de slechte wijnbouwers. 1585. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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