Kredyt żywy, Kredyt umarły i kto nad nim płacze. Personifikacje kredytu w ikonografii (XVI-XVIII w.). Wybrane przykłady
Living Credit, dead Credit and who is crying over him. Personifications of credit in iconography (16th-18th centuries

Summary/Abstract: In the article I focus on the emblematic representations of Debt and Credit - two concepts that are mutually conditioning. I indicate rhetorical tools (including non-verbal elements of the rhetorical situation, such as gestures, facial expressions, outfits) used in Cesare Ripa’s word-picture composition (Iconology, first edition 1593). I compare it with the popular motive of the death of Credit found in European graphics of the 17th and 18th centuries, including a Polish ephemeral print “Lament of different states of people over the dead Credit” (around 1655), consisting of an engraving and an extensive verse description.

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