A young child sucks at the breast of the personification of Nature (Natura). A globe of the world floats in the air, with all kinds of tools that man uses in his daily work. A bird flies above the globe: just as a bird was created to fly, so it is in the nature of man to work in his life. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on the rewards of human labour, Born to work Laboris et Solartiae natvra commoda Praemivm, Rewards for labour and industriousness (series title)., print maker: Philips Galle, Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Joannes Galle, (

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