Seven Deadly Sins, The (Avarice - Greed - Avaritia) - London
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569)
1556
Location:
Location: London - England - The British Museum (1920,0216.1)
Material:
Drawing - paper
Dimensions:
22,8 x 29,7
Unverfehrt catalogue:
De Vrij catalogue:
More information
This is the original drawing. Similar Engravings can be seen for example in:
the Metropolitan Museum in New York (Nrs. 18.55.21, 28.4(33) and 26.72.31)
the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
the KBR (Royal Library in Brussels)
the Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch (Inv.nr. 07675.03)
the National Gallery of Art in Washington (Rosenwald Collection 1964.8.426)
the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow
the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam (BdH 1082(PK)
Credit line:
Inscribed with title, in lower centre: "auaritia". Inscribed in another hand, in lower margin, in pen and brown ink: "Eere beleestheyt schaemte noch godlijch vermaen. En siet die scrapende gierichhyt niet aen".
History:
History: In possession of Baron Dominique Vivant-Denon (1747-1825). Auctioned on 1-19 May 1826 lot 593 by M. Masson St Maurice and in possession of Charles Fairfax Murphy (1849-1919). Acquired by Nicolaas Beets at Auction by Christies on Jan. 30 – Feb. 2 1920 lot 87 and sold to the Museum.
