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Allegory on Marriage
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Allegory on Marriage

Jacob Folkema · 1723 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A loving couple walks hand in hand out of a temple and is watched by Juno, guardian of marriage and birth. Two putti run ahead of the couple and scatter flowers. To the left stands an angel with a torch at an altar on which the text "Purae de Puro Lumine Flammae Lucebunt" stands.

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Credit lineAllegorie op het huwelijk. 1723. Jacob Folkema. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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