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Youth Between Virtue and Pleasure
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Youth Between Virtue and Pleasure

Jan Luyken · 1699 · etching; paper

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

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A youth stands between two women. To the left stands the personification Virtue in a long robe. To the right sits the seductive personification Lust. Both try to persuade him.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratieLust, Luxury, 'Luxuria'Distinction between Good and Bad
Credit lineJongeling tussen Deugd en Wellust. 1699. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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