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Who is rich? Whoever covets nothing

Who is rich? Whoever covets nothing
(Quis diues? Qui nil cupit)
(c. 1641-1644)
plate from the Emblemata Nova (Nine Emblems) series

Medium
etching
Measurements
8.4 × 6.9 cm (image) 10.7 × 7.2 cm (plate) 11.0 × 7.4 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 649 i/iii; Pennington 456
Edition
1st of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: Quis diues.' (' above . ) Qui nil cupit ·
printed in ink l.l.: Rex est qui poſuit metus, / Et diri mala pectoris? / Quem non ambitio jinpotens
printed in ink l.r.: Et nun quam ſtabilis fau or / Vulgi præcipitis mouet / Qui tuto poſitus loco / Infra ſe videt.omnia
Accession Number
1278.1326-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display