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A Man Washes a Pearl
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Representation of a man, standing in a landscape, pouring water from a jug onto a pearl on a scale. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Life of Mary in Emblems'. The first state of this series includes, besides a title page and 26 emblems, also three sheets with hymns to Mary in letterpress without images.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEen man wast een parel. 1625 - 1629. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.