Allegory of adultery, A woman catches her husband in adultery. The man places an egg in the lap of the woman next to him, who immediately takes his basket of eggs. At the top are the words of the woman in Dutch, in which she says that her husband leaves his eggs in another nest, while she is left without., print, print maker: Cornelis Massijs, (mentioned on object), after design by: Cornelis Massijs, Antwerp, 1549, paper, engraving, height, 83 mm × width, 68 mm

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