Avarice, c. 1587

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series Title

Seven Vices (plate 6)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 333, State i/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.18

Artists / Makers

Jacob Matham (artist) Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

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