Greed Collection (page 5)

The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of the Fish. (The Ferry Boat to Antwerp), 1616-1634. Found in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The Tribute Money, ca 1625. Artist: Dyck, Sir Anthonis, van (1599-1641)
The Tribute Money, ca 1625. Found in the collection of the Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Darius the Great Opening the Tomb of Nitocris, 17th century. Artist: Eustache Le Sueur
Darius the Great Opening the Tomb of Nitocris, 17th century. The third king of the Achaemenid dynasty, Darius I (550-486 BC) ruled the Persian Empire from 522 BC until his death

Marriage a la Mode: 1, The Marriage Contract, 1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage a la Mode: 1, The Marriage Contract, 1743. The ageing Earl Squander, proud of his family tree but in need of money to maintain his position

Delivered by death!, 1896. Artist: Frederic Lix
Delivered by death!, 1896. A soldier delivered by Death from a crowd of men pursuing him for money. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 26th January 1896

The Death of Ananias, 1515. Artist: Raphael
The Death of Ananias, 1515. From the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Samson and Delilah, c1609-1610. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Samson and Delilah, c1609-1610. Samson, the Jewish hero, fell in love with Delilah. She was bribed by the Philistines, and discovered that his strength came from his hair which had never been cut

The Death of Sapphira, 1654-1656. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
The Death of Sapphira, 1654-1656. Sapphira and her husband Ananias were supposedly struck dead by God for dishonesty

Atalanta and the Golden Apples, c1619. Artist: Hendrick van Balen
Atalanta and the Golden Apples, c1619. Three golden apples were featured in Greek Mythology, in which a hunter named Atalanta raced against a suitor named Hippomenes who used the golden apples to

The Good Samaritan, ca 1562-1563. Artist: Bassano, Jacopo, il vecchio (ca. 1510-1592)
The Good Samaritan, ca 1562-1563. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Worship of the Egyptian Bull God, Apis, c. 1500. Artist: Lippi, Filippino, (School)
The Worship of the Egyptian Bull God, Apis, c. 1500. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Dream of Human Life, after 1533. Artist: Buonarroti, Michelangelo, (School)
The Dream of Human Life, after 1533. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Parable of Ananias and Sapphira, Early 17th cen Artist: Visscher, Jan Claesz (c. 1550-1612)
The Parable of Ananias and Sapphira, Early 17th cen.. From a private collection

Riches (Divitiae), ca. 1600. Artist: Mallery, Karel van (1571-c. 1635)
Riches (Divitiae), ca. 1600. From a private collection

Fight of the Money-Bags and the Coffers, c. 1560. Artist: Heyden, Pieter, van der (1538-1572)
Fight of the Money-Bags and the Coffers, c. 1560. From a private collection

Gold Mining in California, 1849 (1871). Artist: Currier and Ives
Gold Mining in California, 1849 (1871). Scenes of the 1849 Californian Gold Rush showing cradling, panning, washing with a long tom and hydraulic mining

Spanish conquistadors torturing American indians, 1539-1542. Ferdinand de Soto (c1496-1542), Spanish explorer and conquistador

Montezuma II, last Aztec emperor, 1520. The bodies of Montezuma (1466-1520) and one of his chiefs thrown into a canal after their murder by Spanish conquistadors under Cortes

Miners washing for gold in the Californian gold fields, 1853. The apparatus they are using is called a Long Tom. The discovery of gold in 1848 led to mass immigration into California

Prospectors on their way to the Californian gold fields, 1853. Hopefuls off to the Californian gold fields with their belongings and equipment loaded on their horses and carrying pistols and a rifle

Californian gold miners, c1880. Miners in the Californian gold fields inspecting the result of their digging by the light of a camp fire

The Californian Balloon Railway, a novel way of travelling to the Californian Gold Rush, 1849. A prospector riding on the back of a large bird, flying towards California

The Chinese Cake, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Chinese Cake, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th January 1898

Washing for gold, California, c1850. Wood engraving

South Sea Bubble, 1721. Artist: William Hogarth
South Sea Bubble, 1721. People queue to enter the Devils shop, while he cuts up Fortune. Clerics of various denominations gamble in the left foreground. People ride on a wooden hobby horse

Hot Pies!, 1879. Artist: Joseph Swain
Hot Pies!, 1879. A group of politicians are devouring pies representing countries. Lord Lytton, the viceroy of India, dressed as a waiter, brings another pie, to which Disraeli ( Master Benjamin )

The Durham Cheese, 1861. The Bishop of Durham, finely clad with the most enormous sleeves, pours the last of the bottle into the cheese, leaving nothing for the shabby clergyman standing before him

Letter N. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter N

Letter K. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter K

A young man caressing an old woman, 1646. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
A young man caressing an old woman, 1646

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