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Parable of a Wedding Feast
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Parable of a Wedding Feast

Jan Luyken · 1700 · etching; paper

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

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A scene in a cartouche of palm branches. In the foreground the king's messenger invites a man to the wedding feast. The guest excuses himself with the pretext that he has just married. His wife stands next to him. On the left the messenger comes to a man who excuses himself from the feast with the pretext that he must care for his livestock. In the background the messenger comes to a man who excuses himself from the feast because he has bought a new field.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGelijkenis van een bruiloftsfeest. 1700. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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