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Shooting at the Father's Corpse
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Shooting at the Father's Corpse

1524 - 1575 · pen; brush; paper; ink

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Left the body of the father is hung on a tree; the sons aimed their arrows to pierce it as deep as possible. One of them, the true son, refuses to shoot at his dead father, kneels with his back turned to the scene. Right a group of riders. Illustration to Gesta Romanorum, Chapt. XLV.

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Credit lineSchieten op vaders lijk. 1524 - 1575. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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