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No Shield Protects against Misfortune; The Greater your Fortune, the Bigger your Sorrows

Dirck Coornhertna ca. 1560 - voor 1590

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Most of the sayings in the series warn the viewer of the whims of fate and the uselessness of striving for worldly goods.

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Title: No Shield Protects against Misfortune; The Greater your Fortune, the Bigger your Sorrows
Creator: Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz.
Date Created: na ca. 1560 - voor 1590
Physical Dimensions: papier
Subject Keywords: spreekwoorden, gezegden etc.
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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