Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 223

A physician tries to cure the ill miser Opimius whose heirs are already assessing his wealth by checking his treasure-chests

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Compare: Opimius was a rich usurer in the age of Horace
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem179

Iconclass

• 22D:25D13(GOLD) sound❧minerals and metals: gold
• 31A2321 leaning forward
• 31A2361 lying on the back with uplifted upper part of the body
• 31A244 head bent forward; bowing
• 31A2512 arm stretched forward
• 31AA2512(+934) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31A25161 arm or hand held in front of the chest
• 31AA25161 arm or hand held in front of the chest - AA - both arms or hands
• 31A2621 one leg in front of the other
• 31A2741 throwing something
• 31A534 beard
• 31A611 chamber-pot
• 31D14(+74) adult man (+ four persons)
• 41A23 bedroom
• 41A422 hangings and drapery
• 41A711 table
• 41A713 cover for table, etc.
• 41A7612 bed with tester
• 41A7632 pillow
• 41A7633 sheet
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D223(+81) clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes)
• 41D231(+81) trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 46A16 the rich
• 46A1632 money-chest, treasure-chest, money-box
• 46B311 coin
• 46B512 money-lender, usurer
• 48C1613 base (~ column, pillar)
• 49G1 physician, doctor
• 49G21 sick-bed
• 49G230
• 49G233(+0) spiritual healing (+ variant)
• 55CC11(+4) Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(W. RO.)3 historical person (W. RO.) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (W. RO.)
• 86(EX MORBO MEDICINA) proverbs, sayings, etc. (EX MORBO MEDICINA)
• 98B(HORACE)3 (story of) Horace, the poet - representations to which the NAME of a person from classical history may be attached
• 98B(OPIMIUS)6 male persons from classical history (OPIMIUS) - suffering, misfortune of person from classical history

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem223
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem223
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667