Dangers and Vices Accompanying Wealth, 1563

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series Title

The Wretchedness of Wealth (plate 4)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

sheet: 27 x 36.5 cm (10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 284, iii/iii?

Accession Number

2011.139.90

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: Periculum Pauor Latrocinium Regina Pecunia, Stultitia, Invidia; lower right in image: Pandemia Furtum; lower left, MH. In; lower plate: TE BIJVGI INVECTAM CVRRV, EXITIALE PERICLVM / SOLLICITVSQVE PAVOR, REGINA PECUNIA DVCVNT. / AT QVIA STVLTITIAM, FVRVM, CAEDESQVE CRVENTAS VELAS, CVNCTORVM HINC IN TE SPES FIRMA RECVMBIT

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 284, iii/iii?