Haarlem, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Futility of hope for money, In the hour of death no wealth avails, recto lower left - written, At the end of his life Man is confronted with Death. He aims his deadly arrow at him. Man seeks protection behind the image of Hope, but the bag of money gives way and falls over. A broken hourglass indicates that man's last hour has struck. Wealth cannot help man after death. In a cartouche at the bottom of the print is a Dutch caption in rhyme. The print is part of a four-part series on the futility of hoping for money and other worldly things., print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, D. 74, height 198 mm, width 275 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1522 - 1590-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1550 - 1550, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1498 - 1574
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Haarlem, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz, Futility, hope, money, hour, death no wealth avails, recto lower, left, - written, life Man, confronted, Death, aims, deadly arrow, Man, seeks, protection, image, Hope, bag, gives, way, falls, broken hourglass indicates, man's last hour, struck, Wealth cannot, help, man, death, cartouche, bottom, print, Dutch caption, rhyme, part, four-part series, futility, hoping, worldly things, prints, verso lower, - stamped, D, 74, height 198 mm, width 275 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1522 - 1590-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1550 - 1550, paper, papier, etching, engraving, printing process, Work conception, 1498 - 1574
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