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Laziness

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  • Men lie sleeping under a tree; one sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.
  • Men lie sleeping as a man sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching.
  • Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.
  • A man sleeps by a hot stove; a devil blows evil thoughts into his ear; Venus gestures towards the stove, and Cupid learns to walk on stilts in the foreground. Engraving by A. Dürer, ca. 1497-1498.
  • A doctor tells his patient that the patient is lazy, not ill. Process print after T. Evans, 1934.
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    Men lie sleeping under a tree; one sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.

    Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869. | Reference: 23560i
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    A torpid patient claims to his physician that his debility is a result of serving in the war. Coloured lithograph E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

    Pigal, Edmé Jean, 1798-1872. | Date: [c. 1840] | Reference: 16492i
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    A man sleeps by a hot stove; a devil blows evil thoughts into his ear; Venus gestures towards the stove, and Cupid learns to walk on stilts in the foreground. Engraving by A. Dürer, ca. 1497-1498.

    Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528. | Date: [1497?] | Reference: 570763i
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    Men lie sleeping as a man sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching.

    | Reference: 23938i
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    Profile of a man displaying a phlegmatic-melancholic temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.

    | Date: 1792? | Reference: 29835i
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