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From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A woman, the bloodletter, taking blood from another woman using a lancet. This was done for medical reasons but also to ascertain the truth about love matters from the blood. Given the mocking tone of the verse, this latter aspect may be alluded to here.
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Credit lineKopster. 1695. Cornelis Dusart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
