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Mooy-Aal and her Suitors
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Mooy-Aal and her Suitors

Claes Moeyaert · c. 1630 - c. 1640 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

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

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Beautiful Aal or 'The choice between young and old'. A simple young woman turns away from a rich old man and an elegant young man and chooses a boy who mockingly points to his competitors. The old man wears a fur cap and sits at a table counting coins, he holds a money bag open. The young man raises a wine glass in his left hand. Presumably four main characters from the play 'The Game of the Moor' by G.A. Bredero (from left to right): Kackerlack, Mooi Aal, Ritsert and Roemert.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMooy-Aal and her Suitors. c. 1630 - c. 1640. Claes Moeyaert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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