Identificationtitle(s): consequences of wealth. The misery of wealth (series title). Object type: print serial number: 5/6object number: rp-p-1891-a-16461. Catalog reference: new , hollstein dutch 285-2(4), new hollstein dutch 480-2(4) note: heemskerck. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: in the procession behind queen money follow honor (honor), listen (splendor) and roem (fama). Although positive, their attributes indicate their transience. Honor holds flowers and an incense pot, hear a sealed document and fame blows a trumpet. Between them are four sycophants (parasiti), who benefit from other people's wealth and success. The print has a latin caption and is part of a series on the subject of the misery that wealth brings. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: philips galle, after a design by: maarten van heemskerck (mentioned on object), publisher: philips galle (possibly), writer: hadrianus junius. Place of manufacture: printmaker: haarlem, designed by: haarlem, publisher: antwerp, writer: haarlem. Date: 1563. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 230 mm × w 172 mm. Topic: what: contemplating one's own riches, honor, glory; 'ampiezza della gloria', 'gloria', 'gloria de prencipi', 'gloria & honore', 'honore', 'sublimata della gloria' (ripa), repute, renown; 'splendore del nome' (ripa, ). Sponging, parasitizing (+ abstract concept represented by male figure), fame; 'fama', 'fama buona', 'fama chiara' (ripa). Acquisition: purchase jun-1891. Date: 1563.
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