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The Complicated Marriage (print)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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A man sits with his young wife and their six sons in a garden before a classical portal. Below the image four lines of Dutch text identify the relationship between the woman and the boys/gentlemen in the image in the form of a riddle. From the accompanying text, printed on a separate sheet, it becomes clear how the relationships in this Nijmegen family Brakel are exactly arranged.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHet gecompliceerde huwelijk (prent). 1698 - 1750. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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