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Concept

Avarice

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  • An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
  • A greedy medical practitioner demanding a leg of bacon for payment from a poor family. Mezzotint.
  • The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.
  • Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
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    A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

    Hertz, Johann Daniel, 1693-1754. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 45473i
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    A battle between Romans and the Germans at Trier: the Germans are returning on a bridge over the river Moselle after having attacked the camp of the Romans, when the Romans counterattack. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. van Veen, 1612.

    Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629. | Date: [1612] | Reference: 43021i
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    Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Colour process print after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Reference: 24785i
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    The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.

    Girolamo, da Treviso, 1497-1544. | Date: 1838 | Reference: 24385i
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    A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.

    | Date: [1563?] | Reference: 26276i
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