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Wrath

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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Female personification of Wrath (Ira) in armor leads an attack by a band of soldiers and monsters, at her feet a bear. 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

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

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