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Envy
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Envy

Pieter van der Heyden · 1558 · engraving; paper

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

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The female personification of Envy (Invidia) gnaws on a heart, sitting next to a turkey. In the foreground two dogs fight over a bone. 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.

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