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Poor Parents, Rich Children
Jacques de Gheyn (II) [rejected attribution], 1580 - 1634
The parents have sacrificed to educate their son. When, in old age, the struggling couple beseeches him to share some of his riches, he refuses: his own children cost him too much. In doing so, he violates the Fifth Commandment: Honour thy Father and thy Mother. But the parents are also to blame; they should not have spent all their money on their son.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-9925
- Dimensionsheight 210 mm x width 310 mm
- Physical characteristicsgravure