Frans HogenbergGerman, Flemish, 1590
De blauwe huyck
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Prints like this, intended to be hung in homes and schools, usually wore out and were discarded. This engraving, only two surviving impressions of which are known, illustrates a selection of 43 proverbs. The main legend refers to an old Netherlandish saying for a husband who is cuckolded by his wife: ‘She gives her husband the blue cloak.’
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-2010-1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
