Emblem of the client paying the procuress, by Unknown (1617)

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Title

Emblem of the client paying the procuress, by Unknown (1617)

Creator

Unknown

Date

1617

Description

The image represents a brothel scene, where the client is paying the procuress on the left and the prostitute is naked, semi-covered in bed on the right. Next to the prostitute the figure of the fool appears. The fool is pointing at the transaction being carried out by the procuress.

Source

Image 31 from the book Nieuwen ieucht spieghel (New air mirror) (1617) by Unknown.

Found on the webpage Emblem Project Utrecht.
https://emblems.hum.uu.nl/nj1617031.html

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210106013808/https://emblems.hum.uu.nl/nj1617031.html

Emblimatica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
http://emblematica.library.illinois.edu/detail/emblem/E026518

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