how much time and money / myLot

United States

July 11, 2022 11:51pm CST

I love art, and recently noticed a painting of the German Emperor, Matthias by an artist I admire who lived in the early 17th century. His name is Hans von Aachen, and he painted numerous types of paintings. I love his Christ in the manger the best I was intrigued by the exceptional details of his clothes. The pearls and stitching along with the cost of the materials must have cost a fortune. An added cost were the people who sewed this together using just needles and thread--it's incredible. Then there are the objects of gold he is holding and wearing--at this point I can't even fathom the cost. As an Emperor, it's true you want to arrive at your destination looking mighty fine, but maybe it's a bit much. The video is one I put together several years ago showing his art work with the song Sunny Goodge Street by Donovan. I tried to do a good job, but I didn't. Picture is fee to use from wikimedia commons: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Matthias%2C_keizer_van_het_Heilige_Roomse_Rijk_%281557-1619%29._Rijksmuseum_SK-A-1412.jpeg/808px-Matthias%2C_keizer_van_het_Heilige_Roomse_Rijk_%281557-1619%29._Rijksmuseum_SK-A-1412.jpeg

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502251)

• Italy

12 Jul 22

Back in time the rich and powerful did not care about how much the materials costed, they did not pay for the work, as people had to work for them without being paid.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502251)

• Italy

12 Jul 22

@misunderstood_zombie Is this different in our days? I have read yesterday that the Bonus of high paid manager is 640 times the wage of a normal worker.

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Dawnsummer

@misunderstood_zombie (8765)

• United States

12 Jul 22

@LadyDuck That's horrible. I think you are right that we are starting to live in this time again.

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Dawnsummer

@misunderstood_zombie (8765)

• United States

12 Jul 22

I believe they didn't care about the everyday man. His outfit probably cost more than a man's wages for his whole life, maybe 20 men. Who knows? It's interesting anyway.