Vares, Adrianus, Gent, Horenbault, Jacques, The haywain, Ghent, lower right - stamped, The haywain. Allegory of the sinfulness of man: warning to to do good and to leave evil in the form of numerous proverbs. The figures in the depicted proverbs all have a bunch of hay in their hands; all proverbs have inscriptions with commentary in Dutch. In the middle in the foreground Vrouw Wereld as an elegant lady with a mirror with peacock feathers in one hand, a bunch of hay in the other. Opposite her a lute player with an hourglass, from which the sand runs. On the left in the second plane a man in a kneeling position in front of a statue of Mars, with the names of Luther, Calvin and Menno (Simons) on his coat of arms; here a warning against worshipping strange gods. Main theme: it is all hay = everything is vanity, transitory. At the top the devil with a hay wagon, here the proverb: Comt al om haoy, met grooten hoopen, Ick sals u ghenoech geneven, ghij en hoef gheene te koope[n]. With one-line caption in Dutch., print, image, prints, images, Frederik Muller Historical plates, verso - stamped, Jaques Horenbault fecit et excud: 1608 Gandaui, lower left - engraved, vidit dom.s Adrianus Vares Vicaris Generalis, lower right - engraved, Dabuysen are great, in all states, sometimes found in all states. Therefore I do good and will leave evil, because otherwise Ilaes eyst al hoy gevonden, middle bottom - engraved, height 394 mm, width 518 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, approval granted by
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