Engraving of a chaotic interior where figures struggle and fight among scattered furniture and objects, with rows of Dutch text printed beneath.

Discordia: a quarrelling household engraving

An engraving on a sheet with Dutch verses below shows a crowded interior in disorder, where men and women grapple and struggle amid overturned furniture, scattered objects and a shelf of crockery. Fine crosshatched lines model the figures, and a doorway at right opens onto further tumult.

Artist: Crispijn van de Passe (I) (mentioned on object)
Date: 1589
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 3058 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1589.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

16th century 1580s 1589 engraving old master print allegory dutch print crowded interior crispijn van de passe