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Object Type
print
Museum number
E,4.390
Title
Object:
Gluttony
Series:
The Vices
Description
Seated on a pig; a hedgehog on the flag, a cat on the escutcheon and an owl as crest; from a series of whole-length female personifications of the vices riding animals and with their respective attributes on banners and shields. 1552 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Heinrich Aldegrever
School/style
German
Production date
1552
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
101 millimetres
Width:
61 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
BM has a complete set of the series.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700
(128)
(Aldegrever)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VIII.402.128)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
virtues and vices
Acquisition date
1810
(before)
Acquisition notes
No indication of provenance on the verso
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
E,4.390