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Temperance Overcomes Gluttony
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Temperance Overcomes Gluttony

Pieter Jalhea Furnius · 1550 - 1625 · engraving; paper

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

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At a spring, the personification of Temperance (Sobrietas) fills a bowl with water and looks down on the personification of Gluttony (Laemargiam) lying at her feet, vomiting with a wine jug in her arms. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on virtues and vices.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printTemperance, 'Temperantia'Gluttony, Intemperance, 'Gula'
Credit lineGematigdheid overwint Gulzigheid. 1550 - 1625. Pieter Jalhea Furnius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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