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Love Makes Blind
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Marriage between a young woman without forearms and a man blinded by Amor. On the left back it is seen how the man fares in his marriage. Because his wife can do nothing in the household, he must take care of the house and children. It symbolizes the motif of 'unequal love'.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLiefde maakt blind. 1595 - 1605. Gillis van Breen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
