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Concept

Envy

Images

  • 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.
  • A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.
  • Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Minerva visiting Envy in order to punish Aglauros. Etching by J.W. Baur, 16--.
  • The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Envy, spite and jealousy : the rivalrous emotions in ancient Greece / David Konstan and Keith Rutter.

    Konstan, David. | Date: 2003
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.

    | Date: [1563?] | Reference: 26276i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    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.

    Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614. | Date: 1622 | Reference: 26697i
    Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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    Time rescues Truth from Envy and Discord. Engraving by G. Audran after N. Poussin.

    Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665. | Date: [1680?] | Reference: 2472611i
    • Books

    Envy up, scorn down : how status divides us / Susan T. Fiske.

    Fiske, Susan T. | Date: [2011], ©2011
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