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See, Youth! how Urban behaves / And Isabel laments her lot / But also see him, who dared to break faith, / Again accepted on his plea.
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See, Youth! how Urban behaves / And Isabel laments her lot / But also see him, who dared to break faith, / Again accepted on his plea.

Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis · 1715 - 1813 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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Sheet with 24 depictions from the story of Urban (Urbanus) and Isabel. Urban neglects his marital duty and leaves his wife and spends all their money in the inn, having become a beggar he confesses his debt and is taken back into grace by Isabel. Below each picture a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 122.

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Credit lineZie, Jeugd! hoe zich Urbaan gedraagt / En Izabel haar Lot beklaagt / Maar zie ook hem, die trouw dorst breeken, / Weêr aangenomen op zyn smeeken. 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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