First pretext: the new field, Parable of a wedding feast (series title), The messenger comes to the first guest and invites him to the feast. The guest apologizes on the pretext that he has bought a new field. He points to the field in the background. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a six-part series on the parable of a wedding feast., print, print maker: Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after design by: Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Theodoor Galle, (mentioned on object), print maker: Haarlem, after design by: Haarlem, publisher: Antwerp, 1558 - 1559 and/

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Size: 4762px × 3844px
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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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