The personification of Poverty (Pauperies), dressed in rags, sits in a winter landscape on a chair made of tree branches and straw. Behind her is a shabby house. At her feet sits Humility (Humilitas): a girl with a shepherd's staff and a cleft heart in her hands. A shabby village and beggars can be seen in the left background. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on human actions.
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Theodoor Galle
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | Poverty Breeds Humility, from the series Circvlvs Vicissitvdinis Rervm Hvmanarvm |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Pauperies |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: Theodor. Galle Sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre right: Ioan. Galle excud. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Duris Pauperies aerumnis languida, gignit/ Demissum atq. humilem, spe pervente, animum. | |
| stamps (tools) reverse, lower left: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LN-3 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LN-3 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11657/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055866
allegory (artistic device)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G3
trees
Iconclass
25H11 mountains Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 25I9 landscape with ruins Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A18 hut, cabin, lodge Iconclass 41D29 clothed in rags Iconclass 46A15 the poor Iconclass 46A151 beggar Iconclass 47G91 collapsing building Iconclass 47I2213 shepherd's crook Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture Iconclass 54F122 Vicissitudes of Life Iconclass 55BB1 Poverty; 'Poverta', 'Poverta del doni', 'Poverta in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa) Iconclass 57A64 Humility; 'Humilta' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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