QUESTIERS, Catharina
(b. 1631, Amsterdam, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

Discussion about a Picture Representing Venus and Adonis

1654
Engraving
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam

The variety of jokes that could be made in explaining the subject of a painting emerges from a rhyming, semi-argot dialogue written by David Questiers in his book De koddige olipodrigo (The droll hotchpotch) published in 1654. The present engraving is an illustration in Part 2 of the book.




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