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Avarice

Pieter van der Heyden · 1558 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The female personification of Greed (Avaritia) sits between a money chest, money bags and a money purse. In front of her on the ground a frog or toad. All around are various fantastic scenes and creatures with which this deadly sin is depicted. With an inscription of one line in Latin and one line in Dutch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print purse, money-bag Covetousness

Credit lineGierigheid. 1558. Pieter van der Heyden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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