Poverty is Easier to Bear Than Luxury

Hendrick Goltzius, Karel van Manderc. 1592

Details

Title: Poverty is Easier to Bear Than Luxury
Creator: Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Karel van Mander I
Date Created: c. 1592
Physical Dimensions: plate: 24.1 x 17.1 cm (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 39.5 x 27.3 cm (15 9/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Château de la Roche-Guyon, France (part of an album)1; (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased by NGA, 2003. 1 The album was bound in vellum, with "Abraham" on the cover and "Ligeoys" on the back cover. The Château de la Roche-Guyon stamp was on some of the pages, which included a variety of northern mannerist prints by Goltzius, Matham, Saenredam, and others. It was apparently dismantled by Prouté for sale of some of the prints to the NGA.
Medium: engraving on laid paper

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