It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich one to enter the Kingdom of God, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1581 - 1633 print On the left in the foreground, a rich man (with a Stokkebeurs in his hand) tries by wringing a gate. Behind him a camel, driven by three men: a farmer, a judge and a merchant. They try to force the animal through a needle that is held by a hand that comes out of the clouds. On the left in the background the road to the realm of heavens that leads to Christ in the clouds. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series o
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich one to enter the Kingdom of God, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1581 - 1633 print On the left in the foreground, a rich man (with a Stokkebeurs in his hand) tries by wringing a gate. Behind him a camel, driven by three men: a farmer, a judge and a merchant. They try to force the animal through a needle that is held by a hand that comes out of the clouds. On the left in the background the road to the realm of heavens that leads to Christ in the clouds. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on the subject of misery that wealth brings. PRINT MAKER: loudlers' loudlers designs by: lovlpubllisher: Averterphalimms paper engraving Christ addressing his disciples: 'it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle ...' (Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25). farmers. merchant, salesman. magistracy, judges. hoofed animals: dromedary. bad rich man, good poor man
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