Identification title(s): the man with the money bag and his sycophants. Tu caligas inflare meas, ego cudere nummos (title on object). Emblemata saecularia, 1596 (serial title). Object type: print book illustration emblem serial number: 41/50object number: rp-p-bi-5227. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 240-287. Inscriptions / marks: inscription, bottom in the margin: 'tu caligas inflare meas, ego cudere nummos' number, bottom right: '41' collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240. Description: depicted is a colossal crouching person, through whose "hole", which is literally open, a stream of people crawls in. The man scatters money from a large bag on the ground. From one of bruegel's twelve round proverbs: he who has to suffer through high and bad, and if he lets some spleen drip from his treasure, he frees himself and comes to his right, for everyone does not know how he will crawl into the hole, we read in bruegel. Cartoon on flattery. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: johann theodor de bry after a print by: johannes wierix after a design by: pieter bruegel (i) publisher: johann theodor and johann israel de bry. Place of manufacture: frankfurt am main. Date: 1596. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 105 mm × w 84 mm explanation corresponding text of epigram in album: auff auff mir nach ihr guten gesellen/die vole kuchen haben wollen/ich kan auf beyden achfeln tralagen/mein herren etwas neues vorsagen/kan feur und wasser einem bringen/kan cry/laugh/preach/sing/drumb lieben herren tauffer mich/denn ich umb mich fell bruder sich. From: emblemata saecularia. Mira et iucunda varietate seculi huius mores ita experimentia (. . ) 1st edition. Frankfurt am main: j. T. De bry and j. I. De bry, 1596. Subject: what: existence and modes of existence (+ emblematic representation of concept). Servility. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1596.
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