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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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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