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Women at a Water Pump
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Two women pour water from a well into jugs. Behind this well stands a second, shallow well, which is overgrown and broken. An allegory of the nobility of a deep life from which one can always draw, and the baseness of a superficial life that stagnates.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVrouwen bij een waterput. 1714. Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
