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Avarice (Avaritia)
Designed by: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Engraved by: Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Engraved by: Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.7 x 13.3 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6955
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 1298; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1374
Signed
upper center: Phls Galle invent.et excud./Hieron. Wierx Sculp.
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6955
Inscriptionsin plate, upper center: AVARITIA; below image: Conturbat domum suam qui sectatur avaritiam: qui/autem odit munera vivet. Proverb. 15.; lower right: 2
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897