Wealth is worthless after death, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1563 print On the banks of the river Styx, a king is stripped of his cloak, crown and staff. There are symbols of secular and spiritual power on the ground, as well as of wealth. These things must leave people behind after death. Together with other sinners, the king must be in Charon's boat. The demonic Veerman sails them to hell. 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 pr


Wealth is worthless after death, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1563 print On the banks of the river Styx, a king is stripped of his cloak, crown and staff. There are symbols of secular and spiritual power on the ground, as well as of wealth. These things must leave people behind after death. Together with other sinners, the king must be in Charon's boat. The demonic Veerman sails them to hell. 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 Charon, the ferryman. Styx (river of Hades); 'Stige' (Ripa). man as sinner. contemplating one's own riches. hell and purgatory


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