Identification title(s): the expulsion of sorgheloos. The story of sorgheloos (series title). Object type: print serial number: [e]/6object number: rp-p-1932-121. E. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 16. Note: ewoutsz. Hollstein dutch 33. Note: anthonisz. Inscriptions / marks: number, verso bottom right, handwritten: '257b'. Description: sorgheloos, dressed in scanty clothing, is chased from the tavern by armoede, a woman who hits him on the head with pliers. Poverty bites him on the shoulder (a literal representation of biting poverty). Weelde and ghemack turn their backs on him and walk in front of him. Picture five from series of six. Ornamental frame around representation of sorgheloos. Within frame two eleven-line poems in dutch. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: cornelis anthonisz. Block cutter: jan ewoutsz. After print by: hans schäufelein writer: jacob jacobsz. Jonck publisher: jan ewoutsz. . Place of manufacture: block cutter: nederlandenwriter: nederlanden, publisher: amsterdam. Dating: 1541. Physical features: woodcut, hand-colored. Material: paper technique: woodcut / hand coloring. Dimensions: top: h 392 mm × w 288 mm. Topic: what: intemperance, immoderation. Carelessness. Wealth, opulence; 'opulenza', 'richezza' (ripa), fire-tongues. Poverty; 'povertã ', 'povertã del doni', 'povertã in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (ripa). Adversity, misfortune, bad luck; 'fortuna infelice', 'infortunio' (ripa), beggar. Credit line: purchase with the support of the rembrandt association. Acquisition: purchase may 1932. Date: 1541.
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