The Deceptive Effects of Wealth, 1563

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series Title

The Wretchedness of Wealth (plate 5)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 285, iv/iv?

Accession Number

2011.139.89

Artists / Makers

Philip Galle (artist) Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Maerten van Heemskerck (artist after) Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 285, iv/iv?