Only a sick body is cared for Allegories about the care of man for the body and the neglect of the soul (series title) Animae incuria ob nimiam corporis Curam (series title), An ass lies in his sick bed and vomiting. He symbolizes the sick human body (Caro) and is nursed by the personification of the happy man (Homo Carnalis). A doctor is called to the patient and looks at a jug of urine. In the background, the personification of the man-neglected soul (Anima) dies in a barn. A devil flies above her and will guide her to hell. Print from a series of four prints about human care for the body
Only a sick body is cared for Allegories about the care of man for the body and the neglect of the soul (series title) Animae incuria ob nimiam corporis Curam (series title), An ass lies in his sick bed and vomiting. He symbolizes the sick human body (Caro) and is nursed by the personification of the happy man (Homo Carnalis). A doctor is called to the patient and looks at a jug of urine. In the background, the personification of the man-neglected soul (Anima) dies in a barn. A devil flies above her and will guide her to hell. Print from a series of four prints about human care for the body and ignoring the soul. Each print with a caption in Latin, French and Dutch, ass, donkey (animals used symbolically), sick-bed, nursing, tending the sick, examination of urine, physician, doctor, spirit (or soul) versus body, the soul during lifetime, deathbed, death struggle, inquiet death, fear of death, tort, legal abuse, judicial murder (abuse of legal power), the soul going to its last destination, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop of), Antwerp, 1610 - 1676, paper, engraving, h 225 mm × w 156 mm
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