Adversity exalts man, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679, Page from a book (p. 55) with text on verso. In an oval cartouche the interior of a room. In the foreground, a man is looking at a ball he has just knocked to the ground and which is now bouncing upwards. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quotation from the Bible (Psalm 75:8). Beneath the print a caption: 'This down beating, does higher go' and a description that explains the print. Just like a handball that is hit hard against the ground and then bounces high into the air, setbacks are an opportunity for man to elevate

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