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Moneylenders

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  • Two money-lenders counting their money and keeping their accounts, one wears spectacles. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1791, after Q. Matsys.
  • A miser and usurer holding a money-bag is accosted by a poor man on crutches.  Woodcut by J. Amman, c. 1568.
  • Two money-lenders counting their money, the one writing the ledger wears spectacles. Mezzotint after Q. Matsys.
  • A moneylender visited by a woman customer who is weeping. Etching by Léopold Flameng after Gabriel Metsu.
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    Two money-lenders counting their money and keeping their accounts, one wears spectacles. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1791, after Q. Matsys.

    Metsys, Quentin, 1465 or 1466-1530. | Date: 18 March 1791 | Reference: 16024i
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    A nobleman who has dissipated his fortune asks a Jewish moneylender for a loan. Aquatint after H. Dawe, 184-.

    Dawe, Henry Edward, 1790-1848. | Date: [between 1840 and 1849] | Reference: 32912i
    Part of: Life of a nobleman
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    Two money-lenders counting their money, the one writing the ledger wears spectacles. Mezzotint after Q. Matsys.

    Metsys, Quentin, 1465 or 1466-1530. | Reference: 16022i
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    A moneylender visited by a woman customer who is weeping. Etching by Léopold Flameng after Gabriel Metsu.

    Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1667. | Date: [1873?] | Reference: 29539i
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    A miser and usurer holding a money-bag is accosted by a poor man on crutches. Woodcut by J. Amman, c. 1568.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 43778i
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