A fisherman's wife drowns herself with her terminally ill husband at sea A fisherman's wife drowns herself and her husband into the sea to save them both from suffering and pain. Fisher woman rests her head on a stone on her back in the water. Her husband is with his back on her feet and with his legs against a cliff. Page from a book with text on it verso. Manufacturer : printmaker: Zacharias Dolendonaar design: Jacob de Gheyn (II) Place manufacture: Leiden Date: 1606 Physical features: engra, and text printing on the verso material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) / letterpress dim
A fisherman's wife drowns herself with her terminally ill husband at sea A fisherman's wife drowns herself and her husband into the sea to save them both from suffering and pain. Fisher woman rests her head on a stone on her back in the water. Her husband is with his back on her feet and with his legs against a cliff. Page from a book with text on it verso. Manufacturer : printmaker: Zacharias Dolendonaar design: Jacob de Gheyn (II) Place manufacture: Leiden Date: 1606 Physical features: engra, and text printing on the verso material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) / letterpress dimensions: plate edge: h 143 mm × W 176 mmToelichtingIllustratie of: Daniel Heinsius. Mirror Vande Serene, eerlicke, Cloucke, Deuchtsame income dege understand women. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1606. Subject: death by drowning (non-violent) self-sacrifice, death in the service of a higher purpose
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