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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.
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Title

 Gerard de Jode, `Use the time to work', c. 1570


Creator

 Jode, Gerard de (illustrator), Jode, Gerard de (graveur/engraver)


Year

 [1570]


Type

 prent, print


Measurements

 afmetingen onbekend


Related term

 boekhandels, boekhandelaars


Period

 16e eeuw


Classification

 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij


Content

 This print is part of `The use and misuse of time', a series of four allegorical prints devoted to time with in the middle, the figure of Father Time, surrounded by a number of people devoting themselves to useful and honest pursuits. We see them, for example, forging, watching over sheep, making shoes, painting and spinning. To the far right a woman is selling books in a bookstall.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Rijksprentenkabinet