A Hand Holding an Empty Purse: the Emblem of: ‘No suffering can compare' (with that of the Bankrupt Spendthrift)
manner of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1620 - circa 1650
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
381 x 273 mm (15 x 10 3/4 in)
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Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298194
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Hand Holding an Empty Purse: the Emblem of: ‘No suffering can compare' (with that of the Bankrupt Spendthrift) in the manner of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 – Antwerp 1640), inscribed in a later hand; Douleur non pareille. Depicts a hand emerging from a cloud holding an inverted empty purse.
Provenance
Bought by Wilbraham Egerton, 1814; bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Marks and inscriptions
31 (painted on a square at the base of the frame)
Makers and roles
manner of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640), artist of original