Coconut Cup with Old Testament Scenes

Autor/Urheber:

Cornelis de Bye

Shortlink:

https://dewiki.de/b/4d01b

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

Größe:

1155 x 1799 Pixel (159197 Bytes)

Beschreibung:

Objects of curiosity, coconuts from Africa or the East Indies were often turned into cups with silver mounts. The inscription in Dutch, "Drunkenness is the root of all evil," accompanies Old Testament scenes of Susanna threatened by the Elders, Delilah cutting Samson's hair, and Lot with his daughters, all involving succumbing to temptation. Other inscriptions announce that Cornelis de Bye carved the coconut and that his daughter Nelltgen had it mounted to commemorate his death, adding a further rhyme celebrating the bee's (Bye's) creation of pure honey through the love of God.

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Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

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