The selfish man warms himself at a burning house

BRY, Johann Theodor de (Strasbourg, 1561 - Frankfurt, 1623), after Pieter Bruegel.

The selfish man warms himself at a burning house.

Engraving, 1596

109x98 mm.

Inscription: "IMPROB, EST SI QUIS ALIENA INCOMODA RIDET".

Numbered in lower rigth: "39".

Paper with watermark.

Bibliography:

Hollstein Dutch 240-287

Inscription translation: "IMPROB, EST SI QUIS ALIENA INCOMODA RIDET": Whoever mocks the woes of others is a villain.

Illustration to "Emblemata Saecularia" (Frankfurt, 1596).