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Den spaer-pot te vroeg ghemaeckt tot scherven (Save money in youth to avoid poverty in old age), from the series Six Proverbs

Nicolaes Braeu Netherlandish
after Karel van Mander I Netherlandish
late 16th century
Not on view

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  • Title: Den spaer-pot te vroeg ghemaeckt tot scherven (Save money in youth to avoid poverty in old age), from the series Six Proverbs
  • Artist: Nicolaes Braeu (Netherlandish, active Haarlem, ca. 1586–died 1600)
  • Artist: after Karel van Mander I (Netherlandish, Meulebeke 1548–1606 Amsterdam)
  • Date: late 16th century
  • Medium: Engraving with letterpress; second state
  • Dimensions: plate: 9 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. (24.5 x 17.5 cm)
    sheet: 13 11/16 x 8 15/16 in. (34.8 x 22.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Tunick, in memory of A. Hyatt Mayor, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.1034
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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