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Poor parents, rich children
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The parents have sacrificed to educate their son. When, in old age, the struggling couple beseeches him to share some of his riches, he refuses: his own children cost him too much. In doing so, he violates the Fifth Commandment: Honour thy Father and thy Mother. But the parents are also to blame; they should not have spent all their money on their son.
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Credit lineArme ouders, rijke kinderen. 1580 - 1634. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
