Willem van Swanenburg
Satan Painting Wealth on a Man's Heart

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Artist Willem van Swanenburg (Netherlandish, 1580–1612)Netherlandish, 1580–1612

CultureNetherlandish

Titles

Satan Painting Wealth on a Man's Heart
From Allegory of the Misuse of Worldly Property

Date1609

MediumEngraving

Dimensions214 × 159 mm
Overall: 8 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (21.3 × 15.9 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1999.28.1

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Provenance[C. G. Boerner, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1999.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscriptions: on curtain at upper left: 1609; at bottom of image: WSwanenburg fecit et exc.; below image: 1 Tacte puer mentem Sathanâ pictore, Voluptas / Iniecit pedibus vincula lenta tuis. / Des Sathans schildery van 's weerelts yedelheydt / Bevanght des menschen hart: dies Lust hem stricken leydt.

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