Donkey who shit golden pieces, Johann Theodor de Bry, After Anonymous, 1596 print A donkey is - like a "donkey stretch" - shit on a landing gold pieces, which are greedyly taken care of by ecclesiastical and secular prelates. Citizens of all sorts of ranks: men, women and children, crackling and a fool are struggling to the donkey, because this '... can order Gelts Genug', as the explanation in the table of contents (of the album) mentions. De Bry has taken over the performance with some changes from a contemporary German cartoon. It is striking that the Pope, who tries to absorb money on the
Donkey who shit golden pieces, Johann Theodor de Bry, After Anonymous, 1596 print A donkey is - like a "donkey stretch" - shit on a landing gold pieces, which are greedyly taken care of by ecclesiastical and secular prelates. Citizens of all sorts of ranks: men, women and children, crackling and a fool are struggling to the donkey, because this '... can order Gelts Genug', as the explanation in the table of contents (of the album) mentions. De Bry has taken over the performance with some changes from a contemporary German cartoon. It is striking that the Pope, who tries to absorb money on the cartoon in his tiara, has been omitted by the Bry paper engraving Existence and Modes of Existence (+ emblematical representation of concept). Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidità ' (Ripa). ass, donkey (+ riding back to front on animal). treasure hunting, goldrush
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