Crispijn van de Passe1670
Misbruick des houwelycx
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Misbruick des houwelycx” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
The album contains 50 portraits of adulteresses listed with their initials. The women came from the Netherlands, England, and the Mediterranean region. Van de Passe’s message is clear: adultery is for the wicked and most strictly discouraged. One wonders, however, whether his readers paid any heed to this warning.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- BI-1946-661
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
