Interior showing a woman seated by a fireplace. With her right arm she leans on a table, her left leg rests on a fireplace pole. With her left hand, she holds a net between her legs. Behind her is a man with amorous intentions. However, she rejects them because she still needs to recover from the night. Under the table a cat with a fish in its mouth. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, one of the meanings of 'fishing' is lovemaking. The net is a symbol for the vagina. In the edge inscription an ambiguous text in Dutch and French: Lief wat maeckt ghy met ou bruyn oogen, Wrint ick heb al

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