Avarice (Avaritia)
Object type | |
Genre | Allegory |
Dimensions | 22.5 x 29.6 cm |
Signature | P. brughel. Inuentor |
Signature location | Bottom left corner |
Further inscription | At bottom center: Cock.excud.cum priuileg.1558. PAME (monogram). Below woman in center with coins in her lap: AVARITIA. In lower margin: QVIS METVS, AVT PVDOR EST VNQVAM PROPERANTIS AVARI? Eere beleeftheijt scaemte noch godlijck vermaen En siet die scrapende ghiericheijt niet aen. |
Print type | Engraving |
Printmaker | Pieter van der Heyden |
Publisher | Hieronymus Cock |
States | 2 |
Series | The Seven Deadly Sins |
Tags | Commerce, Religious, Cattle, Creatures, Crowd, Coins, Ladders, Moneybox, Weaponry |
External resources | British Museum |