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Merchant from Amsterdam and his wife, Un marchand d'Am. AKG, sa femme, Les abus du mariage, print, album page, Series number, 35-36, 50, Two depictions on an album page. On the left, the fictional portrait of a merchant from Amsterdam. He holds a swaddled child in his arms and points to his wife beside him. In the background, a lady and a gentleman by a bed. On the right, the merchant's wife, also with a child. In the background, a view of a city, possibly Amsterdam. Below that two quatrains in Dutch., printmaker: Crispijn van de Passe (II), Amsterdam, 1641, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, text in letterpress, height 106 mm x width 142 mm, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, male sex, man, infant, baby, female sex, woman, Two oval engravings side by side show a man on the left and a woman on the right, each holding a swaddled infant; the man wears a broad hat, a cloak with a wide collar, and has a mustache and beard while his hand is raised toward the child, and a small interior scene appears behind him; the woman wears a bonnet and a ruffled collar with a low neckline, she cradles the baby and raises her hand with fingers extended, and a distant cityscape with buildings and towers is visible through a window behind her.
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