Why it matters
A man weighs jewels and pieces of gold while his wife, reading a book of devotion, looks on. They are dressed as well-to-do burghers of Antwerp, where money-changers were in demand.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1514.
- Marinus van Reymerswaele reused the motif 25 years later.
- It appears in Willem van Haecht's painting of Cornelis van der Geest's gallery.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Money Changer and His Wife (CC BY-SA 4.0).
