Poverty produces humility, Theodoor Galle, After Maerten de Vos, 1581 - 1633 print The personification of poverty (pauperies), dressed in rags, sits in a winter landscape on a chair made of tree branches and straw. Behind her a poor house. At her feet there is humility (Humilitas): a girl with a shepherd's staff and a clove heart in her hands. Left in the background a poor village and beggars. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the cycle of human action. Antwerp paper engraving Poverty; 'Povertè', 'Poor of Doni', 'Poor in one who had a good ingenuity' (Ripa). Vicissitu
Poverty produces humility, Theodoor Galle, After Maerten de Vos, 1581 - 1633 print The personification of poverty (pauperies), dressed in rags, sits in a winter landscape on a chair made of tree branches and straw. Behind her a poor house. At her feet there is humility (Humilitas): a girl with a shepherd's staff and a clove heart in her hands. Left in the background a poor village and beggars. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the cycle of human action. Antwerp paper engraving Poverty; 'Povertè', 'Poor of Doni', 'Poor in one who had a good ingenuity' (Ripa). Vicissitudes of Life. Humility; 'Humiltè (Ripa). beggar
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