The Regents of the Spinhuis and Nieuwe Werkhuis
by Vincent Monozlay
Title
The Regents of the Spinhuis and Nieuwe Werkhuis
Artist
Vincent Monozlay
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
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The Regents of the Spinhuis and Nieuwe Werkhuis, Amsterdam, Karel Dujardin, 1669.
A servant bringing a letter temporarily interrupts a meeting. The other five men are the regents of the Amsterdam Spinhuis, the female house of correction. The women imprisoned there for theft or begging spent most of their days spinning. Affluent citizens like these gentlemen administered these sorts of institutions. Thus was civic peace maintained.
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