The Deceptive Effects of Wealth

1563

Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Philip Galle, after Maerten van Heemskerck

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 27 x 36 cm (10 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.89

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 285, iv/iv?

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. 285, iv/iv?

Inscriptions

upper image: Honor, Splendor, Parasiti, Fama; lower right in image: MH. In.; lower edge of plate: HANC PUPVLARIS HOROS, FVMIQVE EVANDVS INSTAR / ET TVMIDVS SPLEDOR SEQVIVR, LIVOR QVE MALGNVS. / COENIPETAE HAVD ABSVNT VANI, NEC PALP DISERVS, QVAE QVE BREVI TITLLATV FAMA AFFICIT AVRES

Wikidata ID

Q76559233

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