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And Poverty shall come to thee as a runner and beggary as a man

Maker

(artist)
1498-1574

(engraver)
1537-1612

Title

And Poverty shall come to thee as a runner and beggary as a man

Date of Production

c.1565

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 24.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2960.354

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge within image, black ink: "Veniet tibi quasi viator, egestas; et pauperies // quasi vir arinatus. Proverb. 6. ii. 24. 34."; centre within image, black ink: "Egestas // Inopia // Piger"; lower centre edge within image, black ink: "Prouerb. 6. et. z4. // PGalle. sculpsit. // z"; lower centre edge, black ink: "MOX ILLVM INCVRSAT PANNOSA AC TVRPIS EGESTAS, // CVRSORIS SVPERANS CELERI VESTIGIA PLANTA: // PAVPERIES QVE GRAVIS HOMINEM MALE MVLTAT INIQVIS // ICTIBVS, VT CLYPEO TECTVS GLADIATOR AHENO". Mount, Recto: lower centre edge, black print: "Theatrum Biblicum, 1674. // M. van HEEMSKERK".

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