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The Nest Excavator
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This print illustrates a proverb: 'He who knows where the nest is has the knowledge, but he who robs it has the nest.' Like the adjacent drawing, the depiction could have an amorous charge, for in the distance at the left two anglers empty a fish trap. Perhaps the saying can also be interpreted more broadly: 'nothing ventured, nothing gained.'
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe nestuithaler. 1606. Hessel Gerritsz. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
