Plate with Wife Beating Husband, ca. 1480, Made in Dinant or Malines, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Copper alloy, wrought, Overall: 3 7/8 x 20 1/4 in. (9.8 x 51.5 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The scene on this copper plate is usually thought to represent Aristotle being ridden by Phyllis, but it may be more accurately identified as a general depiction of a woman’s tyrannical rule. Spinning has throughout the ages been considered the work of women
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Plate, Wife Beating Husband, ca, 1480, Dinant, Malines, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Copper alloy, wrought, Overall, 3 7/8 x 20 1/4, 9.8 51.5 cm, Metalwork-Copper, scene, copper plate, usually thought, represent Aristotle, ridden, Phyllis, accurately identified, general depiction, woman, tyrannical, rule, Spinning, ages, considered, work, women
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