Honest and Dishonest Ways of Becoming Rich

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Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24 x 18.3 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.2 x 27 cm (14 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.87

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 282, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no.282, iii/iii

Inscriptions

in image, across top: Fortuna Labor Diligentia Parsimonia Fraus Mendaciv Vis; lower left in image: MH: In:; lower plate: SORS CAECA, ASSIDVVS LABOR, ATQVE INDVSTRIA SOLLERS, / DIVITIAS CVMVLANT, GENII ET FRAVDATIOCERTA. / DIVERSAQVE VIA PARIVNT HAS CALLIDVS ASTVS / IMPROBA VIS, FVRTVM, MENDACIA NIGRA, RAPINAE

Wikidata ID

Q76559229

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