The devil confuses the yarn, 1652, Siet t' confused Gaerens ent (title on object), Persons made unhappy by the First English War, The devil confuses the yarn, 1652. A seated woman spins yarn that is spun from a spool by a man a reel is wound, behind him stands the devil who pulls the yarn and tangles it and inspires evil in the man. The woman with snakes in her hair is referred to here as Deception. Handwriting on the back. Part of a series of copies after prints of beggars and peasants that also includes several unfortunate figures from the First English War, c. 1652-1654., print, print maker: Salomon Savery, (mentioned on object), after print by: Pieter Jansz Quast, publisher: Hendrik de Leth, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, after print by: Northern Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1652 - 1654 and/or 1725 - 1766, paper, engraving, height, 135 mm × width, 90 mm
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