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Hoarding of money

Images

  • The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.
  • A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Colour process print after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Reference: 24785i
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    The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.

    Girolamo, da Treviso, 1497-1544. | Date: 1838 | Reference: 24385i
    • Pictures

    The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.

    Horst, Nikolaus van der, 1598-1646. | Date: 1630 | Reference: 27067i
    • Pictures

    Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Reference: 2500274i
    • Pictures

    Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Reference: 24787i
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