Panel 48 Image 6

Panel 48

Identification

Fortune and Poverty, from Le livre de la Ruyne des nobles hommes et femmes (Brussels, 1476) [French adaptation of De casibus illustrium virorum et mulierum], print made by The Master of the Subjects in Boccaccio.

Suggested readings and resources

Description of book with additional illustration (British Museum), Image from same book that speaks to one of Warburg’s favorite motifs (the horse, emperor, mercy) (British Museum)