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The Landlord Orders His Servants to Go to the Field
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The Landlord Orders His Servants to Go to the Field

1593 · engraving; paper

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

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The landlord sends servants to the tenants to receive his fruit. In the background it can be seen how the tenants mistreat the servants and kill the son of the landlord in order to claim his inheritance. Letters stand next to various elements in the scene corresponding to the legend in the margin.

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Credit lineLandheer beveelt zijn knechten naar de akker te gaan. 1593. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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