A man and woman, both richly dressed and accompanied by a dog, are looking at a table with a writhing eel on it from which the head has been chopped off. A hand with a chopping knife is sticking out of a cloud. In the background a cityscape with market hall and water pump. On the four corners a vignette: above two images with Adam and Eve, in the lower left a woman with a greybeard and a boy and in the lower right a man cringeing for a lightning bolt. Below the print in letterpress verses in Latin, above the title of the emblem, Man and woman at fish market Quod perdidit, optat, print maker: Jan Gerritsz Swelinck, (mentioned on object), Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pieter van Waesberge (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Rotterdam, 1627, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, h 138 mm × w 138 mm
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man, woman, richly dressed, accompanied, dog, looking, table, writhing eel, head, chopped off, hand, chopping knife, sticking out, cloud, background, cityscape, market hall, water pump, four corners, vignette, two images, Adam, Eve, lower left, woman, greybeard, boy, lower right, man cringeing, lightning bolt, print, letterpress verses, Latin, title, emblem, Man, woman, fish market Quod perdidit, optat, print maker, Jan Gerritsz Swelinck, mentioned, object, Adriaen Pietersz, van de Venne, mentioned, object, publisher, Pieter van Waesberge, I, print maker, Amsterdam, publisher, Rotterdam, 1627, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, h 138 mm × w 138 mm
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