Triumph of Avarice
Henry VIII of England (1491-1547), Hampton Court Palace; Jacques Seligmann (1858-1923), Paris; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), 1 September 1906; by descent to J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943); his bequest to the library, 1943.
Quotations: "SEMPER EGET SEDENS MEDIIS CEU TANTALUS UNEIS INTER ANHELATAS SEMPER AVARUS OPES. SEMPER AVARUS EGET." (Horace. Epistles I, 2, 56). "QUAERAT AVARUS OPES." (Ovid. Amores 2, 10, 33. Also 1, 12, 26; 3, 7, 50). "EGET SEMPER QUI AVARUS EST." (Jerome, St. Epistles 100, 15). "POMA...QUAERIT ET IDEM SEMPER EGET." (Ovid. Ibex. 179). "EGENS BENIGNAE TANTALUS SEMPER DAPIS." (Horace. Epodes 16, 66). The tapestry also contains the mark of Willem de Pannemaker (the manufacturer), the mark of Brussels, and Peter Coecke's signature.