| Maker(s): | Collaert I, Hans; Vos, Maarten de (after) | | Culture: | Flemish (1566 - 1628); Flemish (1532 - 1603)
| | Title: | Title Sheet from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Life
| | Date Made: | 1576-1612
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | engraving printed in black on paper
| | Place Made: | Netherlands
| | Measurements: | sheet: 10 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in; 27.3 cm x 37.5 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | in plate: N. de Vos. inuent , Ioan Callaert sculp.
| | Accession Number: | SC 2013.40.1
| | Credit Line: | Purchased with the gift of Catherine Blanton Freedberg, class of 1964, in honor of Suzannah Fabing, Director of the Smith College Museum of Art, 1991-2005
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
In the center of the world globe with the title of the series. Surrounding the globe the personification of the cycle of human conduct; Wealth results in Pride, arrogance, from Pride comes Envy, from Envy, comes war, war causes poverty, poverty makes people hope for a better life. This hope causes peace and peaceful times are conducive for wealth and riches. On the left father time (tempus). On the right of the globe the personifications of day (Dies) and night (Nox).
Subjects:
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