Miser / Usurer

Miser
Miser
Placement in the painting
Nationalmuseet

Death comes to the miser / usurer hiding behind his vaults. The text is:

Geld und Gut
nichts helffen thut.

Money and goods
helps nought.

Todten-Capelle:
Geld und Gut
nichts helffen thut.
Todten-Capelle

The text is from "Besonders meubliert- und gezierte Todten-Capelle" (picture to the right).

Holbein: Usurer
Holbein Proofs, Usurer

The scene is a copy of Holbein's usurer (picture to the left):

Lübeck's Dance of Death Dances of death Danish dances of death National museum Miser