Couple Carrying their Belongings on a Stretcher, page 17 of the Vrouwe (Women) section of the book Houwelyck (Marriage) by Jacob Cats (Middelburgh: Jan Pietersz. vande Venne, 1625)
1625
Not on view
The influential moralist poet Jacob Cats wrote this illustrated guide to married life directed at female readers. In this plate a married couple is shown transporting a chest that is about to spill its contents because the wife uses only one hand to support her end of the stretcher.
- After
- Adriaen van de Venne
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Author
- Jacob Cats
- Title
- Couple Carrying their Belongings on a Stretcher, page 17 of the Vrouwe (Women) section of the book Houwelyck (Marriage) by Jacob Cats (Middelburgh: Jan Pietersz. vande Venne, 1625)
- Date
- 1625
- Object Type
- Medium
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- Plate: 138 x 137 mm (5 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
- Accession Number
- 1963.30.38902.28
