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Card-players Fighting with Weapons Drawn

Jacob Matham1619 - 16253

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

The last in the print series 'The Consequences of Drunkenness' makes it abundantly clear that drink is the root of all evils: fighting, jealousy, cheating, gambling, money loss, highway robbery – even murder and rape. The situation is likely to deteriorate any minute: the overturned candle is about to set alight the skirt of the woman who tries to break up the fight.

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  • Title: Card-players Fighting with Weapons Drawn
  • Creator: Matham, Jacob
  • Date Created: 1619 - 16253
  • Physical Dimensions: papier
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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