Sadeler, Jan. O mors, bonum est iudicium tuum homini indigenti, et qui minoratur viribus, defecto aetate, etc Eccl. cap. xli

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: Sadeler, Johannes I 553
Folger bibliographic ID: 235431
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700: Stradanus 281
Folger call number: ART 265- 961
Folger holdings ID: 289126
Accession Number: 265961

Death stands in an impoverished home, wearing a crown of leaves and an hour glass on his head and a chain wrapped around his right arm and body; he carries a bagpipe in his left arm. An old woman welcomes Death, kneeling at his feet; behind her, an old man also turns towards Death, a younger woman cooks on the hearth. Through the door and window in the background, scenes of a man being conducted to prison and beggars receiving alms

General notes

Below image: Pauperibus mors grata venit, redimita corona / Florifera, et luctus ultima risus habet Date from New Hollstein

Extended title: O mors, bonum est iudicium tuum homini indigenti, et qui minoratur viribus, defecto aetate, etc Eccl. cap. xli Ioann. Stradan[us] academic[us] Florentinus figurauit ; Ioann. Sadeler scalpsit Venetijs
Alternate titles: Death visiting the poor, O mors, bonvm est ivdicivm tvvm homini indigenti, et qvi minoratvr viribvs, defecto aetate, etc Eccl. cap. xli, O mors, bonum est iudicium tuum homini indigenti, et qui minoratur viribus, defecto aetate, etc Eccl. cap. xli

Bible Death Poor persons Children Older people Spinning apparatus Cooking Interiors

printmaker: Sadeler, Jan, 1550-1600
artist: Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605