No Shield Protects against Misfortune; The Greater your Fortune, the Bigger your Sorrows

No Shield Protects against Misfortune; The Greater your Fortune, the Bigger your Sorrows

Hoe hoger fortuin zo meerder sorghe

RP-P-1996-338

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Most of the sayings in the series warn the viewer of the whims of fate and the uselessness of striving for worldly goods.

The Illustrated Bartsch 69-4

• print maker: attributed to Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Netherlands
• after design by: after design of anoniem, Netherlands
• after design by: after design of Maarten van Heemskerck, Haarlem [rejected]

after c. 1560 - before 1590

ets en gravure

height 204 mm x width 248 mm

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

purchase 1998

Public domain

The Illustrated Bartsch 69-4

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200411616