Haarlem, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Uselessness of hope for money, With wealth, power and pleasure the devil seduces man, recto lower left - written, The devil paints on a large human heart the image of a bag of money, a naked woman and some crowns and scepters. A young man looks on fascinated, and does not notice that a naked woman is tying a rope to his foot. In this way man (the young man) is bound by his desire to worldly things. In a cartouche at the bottom of the print a Dutch caption in rhyme. The print is part of a four-part series about the futility of hoping for money and other worldly things., print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, D. 71, height 197 mm, width 274 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, Uselessness, hope, money, wealth, power, pleasure, devil, seduces, man, recto lower, left, - written, devil paints, large human heart, image, bag, naked woman, crowns, scepters, young man looks, fascinated, notice, tying, rope, foot, way man, young man, bound, desire, worldly things, cartouche, bottom, print, Dutch caption, rhyme, part, four-part series, futility, hoping, prints, verso lower, - stamped, D, 71, height 197 mm, width 274 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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