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Stultitiam patiuntur opes (Wealth permits Stupidity), or, Allegory of Wealth, Lust, and Stupidity

1588
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Raphael Sadeler

(Flemish, 1560/61–1628/32)

after Joos Van Winghe

(Flemish, 1544–1603)
Culture
Flanders
Medium
Engraving
Measurements
Image: 29.2 x 35.8 cm (11 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.4 x 37.1 cm (12 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2017.199
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

In this pointed visual allegory, a king who personifies wealth counts his money at a table while a jester places a fool’s hat over his head. His female counterpart, distracted by her aged reflection in a mirror, displays her vanity in her luxurious clothing, lap dog, and hangers-on: flattery fans her, and stupidity, with a boar’s head, serves her food and drink. Such allegories were meant to both entertain while cautioning the viewer to question their own relationship to wealth.
A horizontally oriented print in black ink depicts a crowded interior where a bearded man sits at a table of coins. To the right, a figure crowns him with a pointed cap. On the left, a seated woman holds a dog while others handle a mirror and bird. Below, a monkey crouches near ornate vessels. Fine cross-hatching shades the scene, while arches lead to a background figure, and Latin text spans the top.

Stultitiam patiuntur opes (Wealth permits Stupidity), or, Allegory of Wealth, Lust, and Stupidity

1588

Raphael Sadeler, Joos Van Winghe

(Flemish, 1560/61–1628/32), (Flemish, 1544–1603)
Flanders

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