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Lust
1552
from the Virtues and Vices series, 1552
Medium
engraving
Measurements
10.3 × 6.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 127 (vol. 16, p. 196); Hollstein vol. I, p. 60
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 1552 / AG (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.l.-l.r.: Depmit ingenuas animi caligine vires / Contemptrix ſummi ſpurca Libido Dei
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: B 127
inscribed in pen and ink on backing sheet l.l.: 1278/3 Ey German / 7
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet l.c.: La Lascivité
Accession Number
1278.559-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
camel (mammal) fox (animal) frogs (animals) lust personification vice (culture-related concept) Vices (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance