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Engraving of an old woman weighing coins on a balance, with two devils in the shadows and a skull on the wall.

Goudweegster (variant met twee duivels)

An elderly woman in a dark cap and cloak weighs coins on a small balance at a table, her face lit against shadow. Two horned devils lurk at the left and upper left, and a skull hangs on the wall beside a man writing at the right edge, in a monochrome mezzotint.

Artist
Jan van der Bruggen (mentioned on object)
Date
1690-1694
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3027 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1694.
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

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