Envy (Invidia Horrendum Monstrum, Saevissima Pestis)
Artist
After Pieter Bruegel I [the Elder]
(Flemish, 1525 - 1569)
Artist
Pieter van der Heyden
(Flemish, 1530 - 1572)
Publisher
Hieronymus Cock
(Flemish, 1507 - 1570)
Previous Attribution
Pieter Breughel II [the Younger]
(Flemish, 1564 - 1637)
CultureFlemish
Date1558
MediumEngraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 5/16 × 11 7/16 in. (21.1 × 29.1 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 9/16 in. (22.5 × 29.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 9/16 in. (22.5 × 29.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedInscribed on plate, lower left: "brueghel.invet"; "cock.excud.cum.privil". Monogrammed on plate, lower right of center: "P" over "AME" [monogram for Petrus a Merica, Pieter van der Heyden's Latinized name].
On verso: "18.55.19" in graphite, right of center.
MarkingsPaper watermarked above crossbow at right: a circle with line running through and out each side vertically and sectioned.
Verso, center: Metropolitan Museum of Art stamp (L.1943) and Metropolitan Museum of Art Duplicate stamp (L.1808h) with " AHM 56" written in graphite in the center.
Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. Shirley Falcke
Object number56.49.2A
Not on view
DescriptionA chaotic scene depicting the deadly sin Envy.Exhibition History"Masters of Satire", William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA, April 16 - June 5, 1994. Published ReferencesCarolyn Eyler, MASTERS OF SATIRE (Abingdon, VA: William King Regional Arts Center, 1994), Fig. 1, n.p.
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