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The Miserly Man
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The Miserly Man

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli · 1675 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A greedy man (Avaro) with spectacles weighs coins in his office, with a foot on a stove. In the foreground a toad or frog. On the wall strings of garlic. In front of the wall a safe. With two four-line verses in Italian. Numbered top right: 2. Part of the series 'The Twenty-Four Hours of Human Happiness'.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDe gierige man. 1675. Giuseppe Maria Mitelli. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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