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Landscape with Father Time and personifications of Misery and Poverty
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Landscape with Father Time and personifications of Misery and Poverty

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1589 - 1611 · engraving; paper

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

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Landscape with Father Time, as a naked winged man with scythe and hourglass, and the poorly dressed female personification of Misery (Miseria) and Poverty (Egestatis). In the foreground a broken spinning wheel and broken crockery, attributes symbolizing poverty. On the left in the background a poor family in a barn and a village on fire. On the right in the background a loose woman being driven out of the church, a mother fleas her child and a gallows. In the margin an eight-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin referring to the vices.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineLandschap met Vader Tijd en personificatie van Ellende en Armoede. 1589 - 1611. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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