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When Fortune Smiles Upon You, Everything Goes Well

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert · after c. 1560 - before 1590 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

Lady Fortune stands on a globe floating in the water and plays on a fiddle. Opposite her, on the bank, a young man dances to her music. The print has a Dutch inscription and is part of a six-part series of proverbs about Fortune.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print violin, fiddle proverbs, sayings, etc.Luck, Fortune, Lot man dancing alone

Credit lineAls het geluk je toelacht, gaat alles voor de wind. after c. 1560 - before 15. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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