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Allegory of love and of impotence
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Allegory of love and of impotence

anonymous · 1565 - 1675 · engraving; paper

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

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Allegory on love and impotence: a young couple embraces, while the woman gives glasses to an old man. In the margin a twelve-line poem in French and a ten-line poem in German, explaining the representation.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printeyeglasses, spectaclespotency and impotency
Credit lineAllegorie op de liefde en op de impotentie. 1565 - 1675. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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