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If the dogs will not hunt, the hunt is but time wasted
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If the dogs will not hunt, the hunt is but time wasted

Jan Hendrik de Lange · 1550 - 1600 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with a large hunting scene. Three hunters in a landscape. Their dogs resist. In the background hares and deer. Personification of the proverb: with unwilling dogs it is hard to catch hares. Numbered top right: No. 45.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printhunting dogshunterproverbs, sayings, etc.
Credit lineAls de honden niet en willen / Is de jagt maar tijd verspillen. 1550 - 1600. Jan Hendrik de Lange. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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