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TRIUMPH OF POVERTY, Dutch school, late 16th – early 17th century.
Ae rectangular cast; 123.1 x 63.9 mm; 218.2 g, dark brown patina
Cart pulled by two donkeys; POVERTY is sitting frontally above the writing INOPIA; sitting frontally, HUMILITY with a rod in hand and above the writing VMI; driving the wagon, FEAR with whip in hand and the writing TIM; next to the wheels, SLAVERY, which holds chains, and PATIENCE, which carries a large boulder on its shoulders; behind the donkeys a male figure. In the background on the right, a building with a cross. Fine ancient casting.
Bibl. Weber 1975, n 678; Rossi 1984, n 89; Vannel-Toderi 1996, n 351.
Cart pulled by two donkeys; POVERTY is sitting frontally above the writing INOPIA; sitting frontally, HUMILITY with a rod in hand and above the writing VMI; driving the wagon, FEAR with whip in hand and the writing TIM; next to the wheels, SLAVERY, which holds chains, and PATIENCE, which carries a large boulder on its shoulders; behind the donkeys a male figure. In the background on the right, a building with a cross. Fine ancient casting.
Bibl. Weber 1975, n 678; Rossi 1984, n 89; Vannel-Toderi 1996, n 351.
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