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Burning weeds and harvesting grain
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Burning weeds and harvesting grain

Pieter Jalhea Furnius · 1579 · engraving; paper

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

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The landlord, holding a scepter, gives the order to gather the harvest. The wheat is harvested and the tares are gathered and burned. A boy holds the landlord's cloak. Below the representation, a reference in Latin to the biblical text in Matthew 13.

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Credit lineHet verbranden van het onkruid en oogsten van het graan. 1579. Pieter Jalhea Furnius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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