The Housebook Master (?) Middle Rhenish, active c. 1465/1500 Pond House, from The Housebook, 1475-1485 pen and ink with watercolor and metal leaf Collection of the Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg

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Amorous couples amuse themselves outside a castle surrounded by water. One pair relaxes on a bridge, watching fishermen and a duck hunter at work. Another drifts by on a boat, and the young man reaches into the water for a fish. Their indolence contrasts the activity of the food-gatherers.

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