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Maker(s):van Mallery, Karel; Vos, Maarten de (after)
Culture:Flemish (1571 - 1635); Flemish (1532 - 1603)
Title:Wealth Brings Forth Pride from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Life
Date Made:1581-1635
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 , Carol de Mallery sculp., Phls Galle excud., printe no. 2 at lower right corner
Accession Number:  SC 2013.40.2
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:
A personification of Wealth (Divitiae) is seated on a throne with a "Stokkebeurs" a rope purse in the right hand and an ornament in the left. She is surrounded by precious vases and a chest and bags of coins. At her feet is pride/vanity (Superbia): a girl that looks at herslf in a hand mirror. In the background on the right a group is seated under a pergola. On the left figures near a fountain.

Label Text:
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