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Through Blind Desire and the Hope of Wealth Man Is Carried Away
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The blindfolded Cupido (Blind desire) sits on top of a rock. In his hands a rope to which the Man is chained. This one tries to climb the rock wall to reach Cupido and two bags of money. In a cartouche at the bottom of the print a Dutch inscription in rhyme. The print is part of a four-part series on the futility of hope in money and other worldly things.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDoor Blinde Begeerte en de hoop op rijkdom wordt de mens meegesleept. 1550. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
