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The Comic Discovery
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Naughty Tales Told by Clement Marot were assembled stories supposedly told by the 16th-century French poet. This print illustrates one such tale, in which the man surprises his wife involved in an orgy.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe kluchtige ontdekking. c. 1750. Pieter Tanjé. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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