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Who is rich? Whoever covets nothing
(Quis diues? Qui nil cupit)
(c. 1641-1644)
plate from the Emblemata Nova (Nine Emblems) series
Medium
etching
Measurements
8.4 × 6.9 cm (image) 10.7 × 7.2 cm (plate) 11.0 × 7.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 649 i/iii; Pennington 456
Edition
1st of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: Quis diues.' (' above . ) Qui nil cupit ·
printed in ink l.l.: Rex est qui poſuit metus, / Et diri mala pectoris? / Quem non ambitio jinpotens
printed in ink l.r.: Et nun quam ſtabilis fau or / Vulgi præcipitis mouet / Qui tuto poſitus loco / Infra ſe videt.omnia
Accession Number
1278.1326-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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