# Elegant Couples Courting

- By: Willem Pietersz Buytewech (Rotterdam, ca. –1624)
- Date: c. 1616 - c. 1620
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 56.3 cm x width 70.5 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3038--407a2c60962b7e9b15647a5b14b3a400)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/wJODm/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The seated woman tries to entice the young man by offering him rosebuds. He turns away from her, resting his hand on the head of his dog, his wise mentor. No harm will come to this young man. The other couple, however, choose wanton love; they leave the glove – a symbol of marriage – lying on the ground.