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Children, Follow Your Parents' Advice, Show Obedience, / Flee the Beginning of Evil, Always Learn with Diligence (...)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with eight scenes of childhood and obedience to parents. Under each picture a two-line verse. Ca. 1800-1850. Numbered top right: No. 10.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineKinderen volg uw Ouders raad, toont gehoorzaamheid, / Vlied 't beginzel van het kwaad, leer altoos met vlyt (...). 1800 - 1850. weduwe C. Kok geboren Van Kolm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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