The Battle about Money, Pieter van der Heyden, after 1570
The Battle about Money, after 1570, Engraving; second state of four, Sheet: 9 5/16 x 11 15/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, ca. 1525–1569), After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels), The unprecedented, and somewhat enigmatic, iconography of this image derives from the fertile imagination of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who executed the original drawing after which this was engraved. Strongboxes, piggy banks, money bags, barrels of coins, and treasure chests—most of them heavily armed with swords, knives, and lances—attack each other in a ferocious display of chaotic, all-out warfare
Size: 3654px × 2816px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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