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Honor your parents
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Honor your parents

Gillis van Breen · c. 1580 - before c. 1602 · engraving; paper

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

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A wealthy family sits in a room around a set table. On the right, by a large fireplace, sits the (grand)father who does not sit at the table but is placed at a small table. The ungrateful son, who owes his prosperity to his father, does not honor his father. In turn, when he is old, he may perhaps be despised in the same way by his own son. These two small (grand)sons point out the grandfather in his corner to the parents. With an inscription that makes the meaning of the representation clear.

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Credit lineEert uw ouders. c. 1580 - before c. 1602. Gillis van Breen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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