A dilapidated hay wain, pulled by emaciated donkeys (Mental and Physical Weakness) is driven by a young man (Torpor) and carries two women in rags (Poverty and Humility) while three women (Fragility, Patience and Servitude) acompany the cart; representing the Attributes of Human Existence. Engraving after M. Heemskerck.
Wellcome Collection

A dilapidated hay wain, pulled by emaciated donkeys (Mental and Physical Weakness) is driven by a young man (Torpor) and carries two women in rags (Poverty and Humility) while three women (Fragility, Patience and Servitude) acompany the cart; representing the Attributes of Human Existence. Engraving after M. Heemskerck.

Marten Jacobsz van Veen Heemskerck

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Aegritudo, fragilitas, humilitas, iuopia, debilitas, patientia, servits. Martin Hemskerck inventor.

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