Hessel Gerritsz.Dutch, 1581–1632De nestuithaler
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
This print illustrates a proverb: ‘He who knows where the nest is has the knowledge, but he who robs it has the nest.’ Like the adjacent drawing, the depiction could have an amorous charge, for in the distance at the left two anglers empty a fish trap. Perhaps the saying can also be interpreted more broadly: ‘nothing ventured, nothing gained.’
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-27.454
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
