Légende

The Miserly Man, The Twenty-Four Hours of Human Happiness, Le Ventiquattr'Hore dell'humana felicità, print, Series number, 2, 24, A miserly man (Avaro) with glasses weighs coins in his office, with one foot on a footstool. In the foreground a toad or frog. On the wall strings of garlic. In front of the wall a safe. With two four-line verses in Italian. Numbered top right: 2. Part of the series 'The Twenty-Four Hours of Human Happiness'., printmaker: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1675, paper, etching, engraving, height 275 mm x width 200 mm, height 394 mm x width 280 mm, coin, the 24 hours of day and night, scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas', tailless amphibians: frog, tailless amphibians: toad, Covetousness, 'Avaritia' (Ripa), personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins, personifications, the life of man, safe, strongbox, weighing gold or money, An old man with a beard and round spectacles sits on a carved wooden chair draped in a heavy cloak and robe, leaning over a table while holding a small balance scale and a coin between his fingers; the table is covered with piles of coins, a sack, shallow dishes, and a rolled receipt or note, and a pitcher and rounded objects rest on a high shelf in the background; the room shows a studded wooden door with a bolt and keyhole, hanging strings of bulbs or onions on the wall, and a frog on the floor near the man’s foot where a shallow basin sits beneath the table; the scene is rendered in fine crosshatched lines and detailed etching marks.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B33_396

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

46.2Mo (6.0Mo) / 28.9cm x 40.1cm / 3410 x 4737 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Miserly Man Twenty-Four Hours Human Happiness Le Ventiquattr'Hore dell'humana felicità print Series number 2 24 miserly man Avaro glasses weighs coins office foot footstool foreground toad frog wall strings garlic front wall safe two four-line verses Italian Numbered top right Part series printmaker Giuseppe Maria Mitelli 1675 paper etching engraving height 275 mm x width 200 mm height 394 mm x 280 mm coin 24 hours day night scenes symbolizing Vanitas tailless amphibians Covetousness Avaritia Ripa personification Seven Deadly Sins personifications life man strongbox weighing gold money old man beard round spectacles sits carved wooden chair draped heavy cloak robe leaning table holding small balance scale fingers covered piles sack shallow dishes rolled receipt note pitcher rounded objects rest high shelf background room studded wooden door bolt keyhole hanging strings bulbs onions floor near man’s foot shallow basin sits beneath scene rendered fine crosshatched lines detailed marks