Un vitrail à décor de couple dans un bateau de mariage, Hollande, 17ème siècle

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 22 x 17,5 cm 

 

It is striking how the wedding couple is depicted with a man shooting through the rose of the woman, which obviously has an erotic connotation.

The painted and stained glass window also full page published in L. Dresen-Coenders en J. van Haaren, 'Ontmoetingsplaatsen van vrijers en vrijsters', in: P. van Boheemen, T. Brandenburg, L. Dresen-Coedners, J. van Haaren, H. de Mol (eds.), Kent, en versint eer datje mint. Vrijen en trouwen 1500-1800, Apeldoorn-Zwolle, p. 83 (ill. 104). The catalogue is part of the lot.