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Allegory on envy
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Allegorical representation with a naked man sitting in a landscape. He is bitten in the side by a small panther, while a snake bites his chest. In the background, a second man runs away in fear. In the upper left, Amor floats on a cloud and aims his arrow at the seated man. Below, a cartouche with a verse in Italian.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie op de afgunst. 1542. Monogrammist OOVIVEN. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
