Rijksmuseum
De duivel vervult het menselijke hart met begeerte naar rijkdom, macht en genot
Creator
Maarten van HeemskerckDutch painter (1498–1574) · 1498–1574
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- 1548 - 1550
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
The winged devil is busy painting a shield with depictions of earthly desires: a sack of money, a nude woman, crowns and sceptres. Meanwhile, the young admirer of the diabolical work of art is being shackled. This is Heemskerk’s design for a print engraved by his friend the printmaker Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert. The same message would later return in the Strong Men: fight the devil and sin with virtuous conduct.
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