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Avarice

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 Avarice (Avaritia) reaches with her hand into a money chest. In her other hand she holds a purse. To the left of Avarice a tortoise walks on the ground. 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

Subjects

print purse, money-bag tortoises, turtles Covetousness

Credit lineGierigheid. 1550 - 1625. Pieter Jalhea Furnius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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