Virtus difficilis, sed fructuosa, Arnold Nicolai, 1565

Emblem 37: landscape setting; giant pine cone in middleground; surrounded by decorative border; illustration to hadrianus junius' emblemata (antwerp: 1565) woodcut. Date: 1565. Dimensions: Height: 55 mm (image); Width: 56 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Adriaen de Jonghe. Collection: British Museum. Virtus difficilis, sed fructuosa (BM 1972,U.11.37)