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Envy
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Envy, a lean woman with bare breasts, walking to the right. She has snakes for hair and holds a snake in her right hand. She bites on a heart. In the background an oven from which a thick cloud of smoke rises. Quarreling men and women stand before the oven. No. 4 from the series of Virtues and Vices that determine the fortunes of life.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineAfgunst (Invidia). c. 1596 - c. 1597. Zacharias Dolendo. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
