Honest and Dishonest Ways of Becoming Rich, 1563

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series Title

The Wretchedness of Wealth (plate 2)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 282, State iii/iii

Accession Number

2011.139.87

Artists / Makers

Philip Galle (artist) Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

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

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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.282, iii/iii