Etching of a seated woman gesturing at a kneeling man, with a woman at a window, a dog, and a hare under a tree.

Allegory of Marital Strife

An etching shows a seated woman in a long dress raising one hand as she speaks to a man kneeling at her feet, while a woman at a window and a small dog watch beside them. A hare lies under a leafy tree at right, and fine crosshatched lines model the figures and foliage.

Artist: Pieter Serwouters
Date: 1607
Medium: Etching on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1321 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1607).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

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