An allegory of marriage: an angel pours water over the conjoined right hands of a gentleman and a lady. Engraving by Jan Sadeler after F. Sustris.

  • Sustris, Friedrich, approximately 1540-1599.
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1590-1599
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29753i
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An allegory of marriage: an angel pours water over the conjoined right hands of a gentleman and a lady. Engraving by Jan Sadeler after F. Sustris. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the right background is the marriage bed. Left, a cassone or linen press; flowers are strewn on the ground. Beyond, a farmer tilling land with oxen (the ploughshare lies on the ground), and a mountainous landscape

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[Munich?]

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 22 x 30.6 cm

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Sicut amata suo sponsa est Ecclesia sponso, / Sic vir amet sponsa<m>, sic amet illa viru<m>. / Ac velut alma su u<m> colit almu<m> Ecclesia sponsu<m>, / Sic colat ista viru<m>, sic vir et ipse Deum. ad Ephes. 5. Sereniss. Bavar. Ducis, pictor et archit: Frid: Sustris fig: Celsitud: suae chalcograp: Joan: Sadelr auth: scalp:

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Wellcome Collection 29753i

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