Two boys are about to smash their piggy banks with a hammer. A poor old man leaning on a stick points out to them that perhaps they had better keep saving for a while. Otherwise they will end up like him. The man makes a speaking gesture with three outstretched fingers. Beneath the scene is a Latin verse by Franco Estius and a Dutch verse: Den spaer-pot te vroegh ghemaeckt tot scherven ... He who shatters the piggy bank loses his money before he knows it Proverbs after Karel van Mander (series title)., print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (attributed to workshop of), Karel van Mander (I), (mentioned on object), Franco Estius, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1590 - 1594, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, h 243 mm × w 175 mm, h 272 mm × w 193 mm