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Emblem: baldness
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
An emblem with a man and a woman mourning the death of their child in the foreground. The man has covered his head. He has cut his hair. It lies as an offering next to the corpse of his child. On the other side of the corpse the mother, who pulls out her hair in grief. Both sit before a leafless tree. In the background left the prophet Elisha, who takes revenge on the children who had mocked him for being bald. In the background right the destruction of Jerusalem by Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineEmbleem: kaalheid. 1723. Jan Goeree. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.