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Time Rewards Labour and Punishes Laziness
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Father Time as an old man with an hourglass on his head. He gives a scepter, a crown, and a book to the personification of Labor, a man with a spade in his hand. Around Labor lie various vegetables. Father Time gives a stick and a whip to the personification of Idleness, a man in the right foreground lying asleep. In the background to the left, a prosperous countryside; to the right, poor huts, dead trees, and a gallows field. The print has a Latin inscription.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTijd beloont arbeid en bestraft de luiheid. 1582. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.