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Wrath
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Wrath

Pieter Jalhea Furnius · 1550 - 1625 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

The female personification of Wrath (Ira) sits in the company of a bear and is clad in armour. In her hands she holds a sword and a burning torch, to her right lie a shield with the head of Medusa, breastplate, halberd and a sword. On the left in the background soldiers fight on horseback. The print has a one-line Latin inscription and is part of a series of prints on the seven deadly sins.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineToorn. 1550 - 1625. Pieter Jalhea Furnius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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