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Poor Parents, Rich Children

Gheyn, Jacob de (II)1580 - 1634

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

The parents have sacrificed to educate their son. When, in old age, the struggling couple beseeches him to share some of his riches, he refuses: his own children cost him too much. In doing so, he violates the Fifth Commandment: Honour thy Father and thy Mother. But the parents are also to blame; they should not have spent all their money on their son.

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  • Title: Poor Parents, Rich Children
  • Creator: Gheyn, Jacob de (II)
  • Date Created: 1580 - 1634
  • Physical Dimensions: papier
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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