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The Blue Cloak
Frans Hogenberg (mentioned on object), 1556 - 1560
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.’
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-2010-1
- Dimensionsheight 378 mm x width 568 mm
- Physical characteristicsets gedrukt van twee platen