Once rich, man sets his hope for wealth, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550 print Helped by a devil, man places the image of hope (spes) on a large bag filled with coins. Once man has become rich once, man only thinks of wealth. In a cartouche at the bottom of the print a Dutch caption in rhyme. The print is part of a four -part series about the uselessness of hope for money and other secular issues. paper etching / engraving devil(s) and demons. personifications ~ the life of man. Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtu
Once rich, man sets his hope for wealth, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550 print Helped by a devil, man places the image of hope (spes) on a large bag filled with coins. Once man has become rich once, man only thinks of wealth. In a cartouche at the bottom of the print a Dutch caption in rhyme. The print is part of a four -part series about the uselessness of hope for money and other secular issues. paper etching / engraving devil(s) and demons. personifications ~ the life of man. Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. acquiring riches. money-chest, treasure-chest, money-box
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