After Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662) AMOR, UT PILA, VICES EXIGIT [LOVE, LIKE A BALL, DEMANDS RECIPROCATION] etching, originally published on page 32

After Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662) AMOR, UT PILA, VICES EXIGIT [LOVE, LIKE A BALL, DEMANDS RECIPROCATION] etching, originally published on page 32 of Jacob Cats' ''Spiegel vanden Ouden ende Nieuwe Tijd'', first edition published in The Hague: 1632, which is illustrated with proverbs by Adriaen van de Venne, the work depicts a man and woman playing battledore and shuttlecock in a garden, 13cm. square, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 46 by 40cm.