D'un Homme Qui Avoit Deux Femmes · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: D'un Homme Qui Avoit Deux Femmes
Subject: men; wives; women
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Brussels; Belgium; Ancient Greece
Description: A man had one wife that was old and one that was young; each loved him and wanted him to look like herself. The mans hair was turning grey, which the young wife did not like, as it made him look too old. So, every night she plucked out the grey hairs. But, the elder wife did not like to bee mistaken for his mother. So, every morning she plucked out as many black hairs as she could. The man soon found himself entirely bald.
Image Creator: Jacobus Harrewijn (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Engravings
Identifier: mta:27328
Language: fre
Source Name: Esope en Belle Humeur
Parent Collection: F - Esope en belle humeur. Engravings by Anonymous. (1700); F - Esope en belle humeur. Engravings by Anonymous. (1700)
Image: mta_27328_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: men; wives; women