Poverty is Easier to Carry than Riches, Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of), after Karel van Mander (I), 1590 - 1594

Poverty is Easier to Carry than Riches, Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of), after Karel van Mander (I), 1590 - 1594

engraving, h 240mm × w 173mm More details

The man is shouldering Poverty – not an easy burden to carry, to be sure. But at least it is manageable. Reclining on the ground is the much heavier figure of Wealth, under the weight of whom all but the strongest person would stumble and collapse.

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