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Dowry

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  • A man influenced by the devil to deprive his three daughters of an adequate dowry so that they must stay at home clothmaking. Engraving by T. Galle after J. Stradanus (Van der Straet), ca. 1600.
  • An Indian man reaches out to touch his young bride who wears a red sari that covers her face; a woman raising her arms in terror as flames envelop her and all her belongings, a man setting off to earn his fortune abroad with a blue sack over his shoulder and a woman (his wife?) staying at home stirring a pot; an AIDS prevention advertisement within a decorative border by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
  • A man and a woman are weighed to assess their wealth for the purpose of marriage. Engraving, ca. 1600, after C. van Mander.
  • An old man is sitting at a table counting his money as a young couple look at one another over his head. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after L. Löfftz.
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    A man and a woman are weighed to assess their wealth for the purpose of marriage. Engraving, ca. 1600, after C. van Mander.

    Mander, Carel van, 1548-1606. | Date: 1600 | Reference: 38956i
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    A man influenced by the devil to deprive his three daughters of an adequate dowry so that they must stay at home clothmaking. Engraving by T. Galle after J. Stradanus (Van der Straet), ca. 1600.

    Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605. | Date: [1600?] | Reference: 673525i
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    Quanto costa essere normali : la dote nel conservatorio femminile di Santa Maria del Baraccano (1630-1680) / Luisa Ciammitti.

    Ciammitti, Luisa. | Date: 1983
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    The dowry.

    Georgiou, Alexandra | Date: 2011
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    An old man is sitting at a table counting his money as a young couple look at one another over his head. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after L. Löfftz.

    Löfftz, Ludwig von, 1845-1910. | Date: [1880] | Reference: 32343i
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