A Man and the Devil Filling a Sack with Money and Setting Up a Statue of Hope
An engraving shows a horned, winged devil with a bat-like face and clawed feet standing at left, gripping a figure of a woman on a pedestal as a bearded man in a slashed doublet and wide-brimmed hat leans in to steady her. A round table holds spilled coins, a chest, and a money bag, while a sack of coins lies at right near an hourglass. Dutch and Latin verses appear in the lower margin.
- Artist
- Willem van Swanenburgh
- Date
- 1609
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2210 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1609).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds