Good and bad manners to get rich, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1563 print Lot (Fortuna) is at the forefront of a procession of personifications. In her hands a charm and a stick fair. Fate is blind and winged: it has both positive and negative effects and hands it out without distinction. Behind the lot of work (Labor), Vlijt (Diligentia) and Spurility (Parsimonia). These are personifications that represent qualities with which one can collect money in a fair way. Behind them are deception (Fraus), Lie (Mendacium) and Violence (fish). These are personifications that portray the
Good and bad manners to get rich, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1563 print Lot (Fortuna) is at the forefront of a procession of personifications. In her hands a charm and a stick fair. Fate is blind and winged: it has both positive and negative effects and hands it out without distinction. Behind the lot of work (Labor), Vlijt (Diligentia) and Spurility (Parsimonia). These are personifications that represent qualities with which one can collect money in a fair way. Behind them are deception (Fraus), Lie (Mendacium) and Violence (fish). These are personifications that portray the bad manners to come and see money. The print has a Latin caption and a Dutch and French caption in book print. The print is part of a series on the subject of the misery that wealth brings. paper engraving / letterpress printing Wealth, Opulence; 'Opulence', 'Richezza' (Ripa). Saving, Frugality, Parsimony; 'Parsimonia' (Ripa). Careful, diligence; 'Diligence' (Ripa). Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa). Labor. Cheat, deceit; 'Fraude', 'Decenno' (Ripa). Mendacity. Brutality. Contemplating One's Own Riches
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