The life of the man who works well and the other badly ('vida del hombre obrando bien y obrando mal') 1859

José María Marés

1859 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

The life of the man who works well and the other badly ('vida del hombre obrando bien y obrando mal') 1859 — José María Marés

19th-century broadsheet with 48 rectangular scenes divided in two parts. The top 24 show the life of a man who reaps the fruits of his good conduct in life, while the 24 scenes below show the consequences of bad conduct. All scenes are accompanied by two short descriptive lines that rhyme.

Artist
José María Marés
Date
1859
Medium
Woodcut
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Max G. Wildnauer Fund, 1978