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The Choice between Virtue and Passion
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The Choice between Virtue and Passion

1590 - 1680 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

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

About this work

The Choice between Virtue and Passion. A boy turns away from the outstretched hand of a tempting young woman with loose upper clothing on the left towards a standing woman on the right. In the background the portico of a temple.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
paintingchastity versus sensualityGood BehaviourVirtuousness'Frau Welt'
Credit lineThe Choice between Virtue and Passion. 1590 - 1680. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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