Advance teaches us to serve God, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679 print Page from a book (p. 81) with text on Verso. A street face in an oval cartouche. In the foreground, a maid returns from the market. In her hands she wears a heavy basket full of ingredients and a dead rooster. She heads towards a house where a lacquer and a coachman are waiting outside. Through a window we see the interior of a house, where a group celebrates. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quote from the Bible (Ephesians 6: 5). Under the print a caption: "Who does dind, worts." And a description that explai

Advance teaches us to serve God, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679 print Page from a book (p. 81) with text on Verso. A street face in an oval cartouche. In the foreground, a maid returns from the market. In her hands she wears a heavy basket full of ingredients and a dead rooster. She heads towards a house where a lacquer and a coachman are waiting outside. Through a window we see the interior of a house, where a group celebrates. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quote from the Bible (Ephesians 6: 5). Under the print a caption: "Who does dind, worts." And a description that explains the print. Service stunning, servants and lakeien complain stone and bone about the heavy work they have to do in the service of their Lord. However, those who endure this work and does not complain will be loved by his master and will be rewarded. Similarly, man must tolerate all adversity on earth, for the rewards will be all the greater in heaven. print maker: AntwerpDiestpublisher: Utrecht paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept). manservant, footman. maid ~ house personnel. two-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals. banquet of elegant company. Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa)

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