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Maker(s):anonymous; Vos, Maarten de (after)
Culture:unknown; Flemish (1532 - 1603)
Title:War Brings Forth Poverty from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Life
Date Made:1542-1604
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 . Phls Galle excud.; print no. 5 at lower right corner
Accession Number:  SC 2013.40.5
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:
The personification of War (Bellum) is standing in front of weaponry, a sword in the right and a torch in the left hand. She is surrounded by weapons. At her feet is poverty (pauperies): a girl in modest clothing. War is waged in the background and soldiers are plundering a house.

Subjects:
Engraving

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