
The Money Devil
A black woodcut on cream paper shows a winged, horned devil above a central furnace-like chest spilling coins, with cannon-like tubes aiming coins at two figures on either side. Printed French verse panels frame the top and bottom of the scene, with ornamental borders.
- Artist
- Workshop of Germain Hoyau and Olivier Truschet
- Date
- second half of the 16th century
- Medium
- Woodcut in black on cream laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1171 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1600).
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, The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund