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Second Excuse: The New Flock
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Second Excuse: The New Flock

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert · 1558 - 1559 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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The king's messenger comes to the second guest and invites him to the wedding feast. The guest excuses himself on the pretext that he has bought a new herd of cattle. The man points to the herd in the background. The print has a Latin inscription and is part of a six-part series on the parable of the wedding feast.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printfarmersmessengeragricultural implements: spadeoxploughing
Credit lineTweede voorwendsel: de nieuwe kudde. 1558 - 1559. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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