Man and wife on Vismarkt, Jan Gerritsz Swelinck, after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1627 print A man and woman, both richly dressed and accompanied by a dog, watch a table with a winding eel on which the head is cut off. A hand with a chopping knife sticks out of a cloud. In the background a cityscape with a market hall and water pump. On the four corners a vignette: above two images with Adam and Eva, bottom left a woman with a old man and a boy and a man who crawls in front of a lightning bolt. Under the print in book print verses in Latin, above the title of the emblem. print maker: Amste
Man and wife on Vismarkt, Jan Gerritsz Swelinck, after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1627 print A man and woman, both richly dressed and accompanied by a dog, watch a table with a winding eel on which the head is cut off. A hand with a chopping knife sticks out of a cloud. In the background a cityscape with a market hall and water pump. On the four corners a vignette: above two images with Adam and Eva, bottom left a woman with a old man and a boy and a man who crawls in front of a lightning bolt. Under the print in book print verses in Latin, above the title of the emblem. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Rotterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing marketing, shopping (~ household management). eels: eel. violent death by beheading. market-hall. utilitarian, public pump or water fountain
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