The Battle of the Money Bags and Strong Boxes
| Object type | |
| Genre | Proverb |
| Dimensions | 24 x 31 cm |
| Signature | P. Bruegel Inue[n]t |
| Signature location | Lower right corner |
| Further inscription | Signed at bottom center: .PAME. [monogram] and in lower right corner: P. Bruegel Inue[n]t at bottom to left of center the address: Aux quatre Vents. In lower margin three sets of Latin and Dutch text in four lines each: Quid modo diuiti[a]e, quid fului vasta metalli } Congeries, nummis arca referta nouis, Wel aen ghy Spaerpotten, Tonnn, en Kisten. Tis al om gelt en goet, dit striden en twisten. Illecebres inter tantas, atq[ue] agmina furum, Inditium cunctis efferus vncus erit, Al seetmen v oec anders, willet niet ghelouen. Daerom vure wij den haec die ons noijt en miste[n], Pr[a]eda facit furem, feruens mala cuta ministrat Impetus, et spolys apta rapina feris. Men soeckt wel actie om ons te uerdoouen, Maer men souwer niet krijgen, waerder niet te roouen. |
| Print type | Engraving |
| Printmaker | Pieter van der Heyden |
| Publisher | Hieronymus Cock (published after his death by his widow) |
| States | 4 |
| Tags | Battle, Commerce, Knight, Armor, Coins, Moneybox, Weaponry |
| External resources | British Museum |