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Third Excuse: Newly Married
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Third Excuse: Newly Married

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 third guest and invites him to the wedding feast. The guest excuses himself on the pretext that he has just married. He points to his bride. The print has a Latin inscription and is part of a six-part series on the parable of the wedding feast.

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Credit lineDerde voorwendsel: pas getrouwd. 1558 - 1559. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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