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The Mistake off Matrimonij
Crispijn van de Passe (II), 1641
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.
- Artwork typebook, prentalbum
- Object numberBI-1946-661
- Dimensionsheight 144 mm x width 197 mm x thickness 12 mm, width 395 mm
- Physical characteristicsalbum met rood marokijnen band, dek- en schutbladen van marmerpapier, inslagen met gouddruk en vergulde snede; ingebonden gravures; tekst in boekdruk