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Gentleman with a Prostitute, Overlooked by a Procuress
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The legend warns that excessive drinking results, above all, in every form of dishonourable and dissolute behaviour. The Dutch text plays on the double meaning of the verb verwekken, which means ‘to produce’– both consequences and children. The risk of an unwanted pregnancy would have constituted an additional danger of such intemperance.
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Credit lineGentleman with a Prostitute, Overlooked by a Procuress. 1619 - 1623. Jacob Matham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
