The Vices / Envy

Seated on a porcupine; the escutcheon with a scorpion, the crest a bat, on the flag two intertwined snakes; from a series of WL female personifications of the vices riding animals and with their respective attributes on banners and shields. 1552 Engravi

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E,4.381

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Seated on a porcupine; the escutcheon with a scorpion, the crest a bat, on the flag two intertwined snakes; from a series of WL female personifications of the vices riding animals and with their respective attributes on banners and shields. 1552 Engravi

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