Allegory of Wealth, Lust and Stupidity

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2011.633
People: Raphael Sadeler, the Elder, Flemish (1561 - 1628/32)
After Joos van Winghe, Netherlandish (Brussels, Belgium 1544 - 1603 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Title: Allegory of Wealth, Lust and Stupidity
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Allegory of Opes & Stultitia
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1588
Culture: Flemish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/339723

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 29.8 x 36 cm (11 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: engraved in plate, upper center: STULTITIAM PATIUNTUR OPES.
inscription: engraved in plate, lower right: Iodocus a Winge inuent: / Raphael Sadler fecit et excudit. 1588
inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

Notes:
Robert Bradford Wheaton passed away in 2010.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: only state
Standard Reference Number: Hollstein 186

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year: 2011
Object Number: 2011.633
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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