A procession of allegorical figures representing honest and dishonest ways of becoming rich, engraving by Philipp Galle after Heemskerck, 1563.

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[1563?]
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26272i
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A procession of allegorical figures representing honest and dishonest ways of becoming rich, engraving by Philipp Galle after Heemskerck, 1563. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Antwerp] : Philipp Galle, [1563?]

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 18.6 x 24.1 cm

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Ingruit hinc morborum ingens mortalibus agme(n), / Artubus invalidos videas & lumine cassos, / Ille lue Herculea cadit, hic hydrope tumescit. / Sic angustum aeuum pestes populantur acerbæ ... Lettering continues: "La verge donne aux petits crainte & peur, / Et autres sont domtez par maladie: / L'un aveugle est, l'autre boyteux & mendie / Par lepre & rogue ou plus griefue douleur" Bears number: III

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The procession is led by blindfolded "Fortuna"; she is followed by "Labor", "Diligentia", "Parsimonia", "Fraus", wearing two masks, "Mendaciu[m]", a shadow, and "Vis" in armour and holding a sword.
One of a series of six engravings on the infirmities and sufferings of mankind

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Wellcome Collection 26272i

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