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Avarice

Avarice
1552
from the Virtues and Vices series, 1552

Medium
engraving
Measurements
10.5 × 6.3 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 129 (vol. 16, p. 197); Hollstein vol. I p. 60
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: 1552 / AG (monogram)
printed in ink below image l.c.-l.r.: Proditur infidus raptor pietatis inernus / Miles Auaritiam ſponte ſeqūutur herā
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse u.c.: (...illeg.) 1818
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse c.: 64
stamped in purple ink c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil l.c.: B.129
inscribed in pencil l.c.-l.r.: R.S. Melb(...illeg.) XII 01
Accession Number
1278.560-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
avarice banners bird (animal) personification vice (culture-related concept) Vices (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance