The month June and the sign of Cancer, represented by a large agricultural estate being profitably maintained and managed, and by Christ telling the parable of the Rich Fool. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.

  • Bol, Hans, 1534-1593.
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1585
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46402i
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Luke 12: 16-21: "And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." (KIng James Version)

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[Antwerp?] : Sadl. exc, 1585.

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1 print : engraving ; image and border 13.9 x 20.4 cm

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Ingens ad vitium mortales ducit opum vis, Aedificantque suis nova frugibus horrea, cunctam Figentes temere terrena in mole salutem At messe ignotus potitur, cellaque recondit. Luc. 12. A.C. fec. ; H. Bol inv. ; Sadl exc. 1585

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Wellcome Collection 46402i

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