Allegory of adultery.

Engraving, 8,3 x 6,4 cm, laid paper, signed and dated in the plate at bottom left: "1549 CMA", inscription in upper margin: "MY MA(N) SYN EYERE(N) O(N)TLAEYT / I(N) E(N)ES A(N)DERS NEST E(N) LAET MY O(N)TPAEYT" (slightly browned, small brown stains at bottom left).

Hinges still present on verso.

Allegorical scene with three peasants. A woman surprises her husband with his mistress. She laments that her husband lays his eggs in a different nest and leaves her unsatisfied.
Ref. Hollstein XI.199.128 - Van der Stock (Cornelis Matsys) 55.
Prov. K. Crool (coll. stamp).