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First pretext: the new field
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The messenger comes to the first guest and invites him to the feast. The guest apologizes with the excuse that he has bought a new field. He points to the field in the background. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a six-part series on the parable of the wedding feast.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEerste voorwendsel: de nieuwe akker. 1558 - 1559. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
