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The Blue Hood
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Prints like this, intended to be hung in homes and schools, usually wore out and were discarded. This engraving, only two surviving impressions of which are known, illustrates a selection of 43 proverbs. The main legend refers to an old Netherlandish saying for a husband who is cuckolded by his wife: 'She gives her husband the blue cloak.'
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe blauwe huyck. 1556 - 1560. Frans Hogenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
