Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • Collection
  • Collection Research
  • Past Exhibitions
  • Watch / Listen / Read

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert

The Wife Spinning

Maker

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (Netherlandish, 1522-1590)
After Maerten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498-1574), associated artist/maker

Title

The Wife Spinning
from "Praise of the Virtuous Wife"

Year

1555

Medium

  • Engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Engraving on paper

Materials

ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 23.5 x 32.1 cm (9 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Address and date, on image, LL: Excudebat Cornelius Bus Anno. 1555; In tablet, on image, LL, quotation in German; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: Wollen und warch wirdt sy uberkommen/ vnnd wercken mit Iren henden nach irem gefellen. Sij legt ir hand an die kunkel,/ unnd traijet mit irem balen die spindel. Prouerbiorum Salomonis cap: 31

Identification

State

only state

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

2010.9.1

Type

  • Prints

Related Objects

No Image Available

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert

The Wife Serving Food to her Family
No Image Available

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert

The Wife Selling her Wares to a Peddler
No Image Available

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert

The Wife Buying a Field
No Image Available

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert

The Wife Giving Food to the Poor
No Image Available

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert

The Virtuous Wife as a Crown to her Husband

More objects +

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

Tombstone

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (Netherlandish, 1522-1590)
After Maerten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498-1574), associated artist/maker
The Wife Spinning; from "Praise of the Virtuous Wife", 1555
Engraving on paper
Sheet: 23.5 x 32.1 cm (9 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches)
Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund 2010.9.1

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Main Navigation

  • Visit

    • Hours & Admission
    • Accessibility & Amenities
    • Tours & Group Visits
    • Visitor Guidelines
  • Art & Design

    • Collection Research
    • Collection
    • Past Exhibitions
  • Join / Give

    • Become a Member
    • Give
  • Exhibitions & Events

    • Exhibitions
    • Events
  • Watch / Listen / Read

    • The Latest
    • Publications
    • Articles
    • Audio & Video

Footer Secondary Navigation

  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use
Tickets
Homepage
Go to the risd.edu homepage. This link will open in a new window.