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Greed
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Greed

Jacques Callot · 1618 - 1625 · etching; paper

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

About this work

An old woman holds a well-filled purse in one hand and a coin in the other. At her feet stand a money chest and two money bags, behind her sits a toad, above her flies a little devil. Below the image the Latin term for the sin personified by the woman. This print is part of a series of seven prints in which the seven deadly sins are depicted as allegorical figures.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGierigheid. 1618 - 1625. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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