A dilapidated hay wain, pulled by emaciated donkeys (Mental and Physical Weakness) is driven by a young man (Torpor) and carries two women in rags (Poverty and Humility) while three women (Fragility, Patience and Servitude) accompany the cart; representing the attributes of human existence. Engraving by Cornelis Cort, 1564, after M. van Heemskerck.

  • Heemskerk, Martin van, 1498-1574.
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[1564]
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38965i
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[Antwerp] : [Hieronymus Cock], [1564]

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1 print : engraving ; image 19.2 x 29.5 cm

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Aegritudo ; fragilitas ; humilitas ; inopia ; debilitas ; patientia ; servitus. Martin Hemskerck inventor. Bears number: 6

References note

Peter Fuhring, 'The stocklist of Joannes Galle, print publisher of Antwerp, and print sales from old copperplates in the seventeenth century', Simiolus, 2017, 39: 225-313, pp. 163-164, no. 163.2670

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Wellcome Collection 38965i

Notes

The sixth of nine engravings in a series on "The vicissitudes of time, and the representaton of various states, virtues and vices through time", attributed to Cornelis Cort, 1564, after Maerten van Heemskerck (Fuhring, loc. cit.)

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Death is not the End” at The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA, 17 March 2023 - 14 January 2024

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