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Inconstancy of Fortune
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Inconstancy of Fortune

Philips Galle · 1574 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The personification of Fortune. She stands unsteadily on a spherical globe, which floats in a shell on the sea. In her hands a sail, with which she sails according to which way the wind blows. Next to the shell two seals. The print has a Latin inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineWisselvalligheid van het lot. 1574. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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