Avarice

c. 1587

Jacob Matham

Artist, Dutch, 1571 - 1631

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.6 x 14.2 cm (8 1/2 x 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.2 x 14.9 cm (8 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.18

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 333, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: no. 289

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Matham) Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 333, i/ii

Inscriptions

lower center in image: 6; lower center in plate: Perdita Avarities, corrasis obruta, vino / Magnas inter opes (heu mihi) semper inops. ; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: CDE 387

Wikidata ID

Q76559006

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