Allegory showing a man putting a chastity belt on a woman, In a bedroom, a naked woman wearing a chastity belt gives the key to the belt to her husband who is going on a trip. The man's hat has donkey ears or the ears of a jester's hat with bells. Behind the bed, a man and a maid look on. The man holds a bag of money in his hand. On the left, a jester trying to keep fleas in a basket symbolizes the folly of the husband's attempts to preserve his wife's chastity. In the margin four verses of six lines in German., print maker: anonymous, Germany, c. 1590 - c. 1600, paper, etching, height 232 mm × width 286 mm, height 264 mm × width 323 mm.

Allegory showing a man putting a chastity belt on a woman, In a bedroom, a naked woman wearing a chastity belt gives the key to the belt to her husband who is going on a trip. The man's hat has donkey ears or the ears of a jester's hat with bells. Behind the bed, a man and a maid look on. The man holds a bag of money in his hand. On the left, a jester trying to keep fleas in a basket symbolizes the folly of the husband's attempts to preserve his wife's chastity. In the margin four verses of six lines in German., print maker: anonymous, Germany, c. 1590 - c. 1600, paper, etching, height 232 mm × width 286 mm, height 264 mm × width 323 mm

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