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Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert Netherlandish
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Title: A Shield is of no Use when Fortune Turns Her Back from Six Sayings about Fortune
Artist:
Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1519/22–1590 Gouda)
Date: ca. 1560
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 8 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (21 × 24.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 13 5/16 in. (28.2 × 33.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Barbara and Howard Fox and Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Elkind Gifts, 2013
Accession Number: 2013.118.3
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