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Triumph of Poverty, Dutch School 16th-17th century

Rectangular bronze plaque with brown patina;
mm 123.7 x 63.1.

Wicker cart pulled by two donkeys; POVERTY is seated above the inscription INOPIA; HUMILITY is seated frontally with a rod in her hand and VMI above her head; driving the cart is FEAR with a whip in her hand and the inscription TIM; next to the wheels, SLAVERY, holding chains, and PATIENCE, carrying a large boulder on her shoulders; behind the donkeys is a male figure. In the background on the right, a building with a cross.
R/N 9 in blue chalk .
Ancient Fusion

Biblical Weber 1975, n 678; Rossi 1984, n 89; Vannel-Toderi 1996, n 351.
€ 350,00 / 700,00
Estimate
€ 150,00
Starting price
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