Spouses: the merits of married life. Engraving by Crispijn van de Passe the younger, 163-.

  • Passe, Crispijn van de, -1670.
Date:
[between 1630 and 1639?]
Reference:
654835i
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About this work

Description

Foreground, right: a peasant, holding a spade, sits with his wife and four children outside their house; the front door is surrounded by a flourishing vine. Background, left: a wedding. Middle, another family scene

Publication/Creation

[Cologne?] : Crispin de Pas excud, [between 1630 and 1639?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 18.5 x 24.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Coniuges. Coniugio mandat Deus ut tribuamus honorem, / sit maculis expers, et sine labe thorus. / Talibus affulget benedictio caelipotentis, / felix uxor erit, virque beatus erit. Crispin de Pas auth. et excud. ; Crispin de Pas Junior sculp. Translation of lettering: Spouses. God instructs us to pay honour to marriage: let the marriage bed be without stain or pollution. On such will shine the blessing of Him who is powerful in heaven: the wife will be happy and the husband will be blessed

Notes

With: Fornicators (Scortatores)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 654835i

Type/Technique

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Subjects

Where to find it

  • Monsters; biblical, historical, and moral subjects; landscapes; allegories. Album of engravings, ca. 1585-1612.

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