VII Peccatorum Capitalium – Invidia

Burin, 130 x 182 mm. Trimmed to border line with minimal loss in the 4 corners. Otherwise very nice impression and condition. This is one of a series of seven about the seven vices. It shows the envy. Bust of an old woman eating an apple and with snakes around her neck, in an oval; four putti in each corner, three eating apple. Engraved by Wierix and published by Philips Galle before the 1612. [cod.969/15]

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Burin, 130 x 182 mm. Trimmed to border line with minimal loss in the 4 corners. Otherwise very nice impression and condition. This is one of a series of seven about the seven vices. It shows the envy. Bust of an old woman eating an apple and with snakes around her neck, in an oval; four putti in each corner, three eating apple. Engraved by Wierix and published by Philips Galle before the 1612. Lettered at top Lettered at top “INVIDIA” and signed on frame: “Phls. Galle invent. et exceed.” and “Hieron. Wierx sculp.”. in Latin below image: “Vita carnium…Proverb.14” [cod.969/15]