Famous and infamous rich men, The misery of wealth (series title), A parade of famous examples of rich men from antiquity. At the head of the procession is Pythius, with a vine made of gold and precious stones in his hand. Then Lucullus, the wealthy Roman magistrate and glutton. He carries a banner with a chicken pie. Behind him Crassus, who drinks from a cup. This is an allusion to his thirst for money and his death (suffocated in molten gold). After Crassus come the dictator Sulla with a sword and a lance, Croesus as a richly dressed king and Midas with Midas ears under his crown. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on the subject of the misery that wealth brings., print, print maker: Philips Galle, after design by: Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Philips Galle, (possibly), print maker: Haarlem, after design by: Haarlem, publisher: Antwerp, Haarlem, 1563, paper, engraving, height, 228 mm × width, 170 mm
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