The Mistake off Matrimonij, Crispijn van de Passe (II), 1641
binding, h 144mm × w 197mm × t 12mm More details
The album contains 50 portraits of adulteresses listed with their initials. The women came from the Netherlands, England, and the Mediterranean region. Van de Passe’s message is clear: adultery is for the wicked and most strictly discouraged. One wonders, however, whether his readers paid any heed to this warning.
