Caption

Gluttony, from the series: Vices, Pencz, Georg ca. 1500-1550 graphic artist, German culture, Gluttony personification, attributes, allegories, personifications iconography, women, German graphics, Renaissance style, figures with attributes, pigs, seven deadly sins, wreaths, feces, jugs, vines, columns architectural, plant tendril, 16th century, graphic print, height 8.2 cm, width 5.1 cm, A monochrome etching shows a winged, robed figure standing on a stone platform, wearing a laurel wreath and holding a large jug with a curved handle and a few leaves or flowers at the waist; the drapery wraps around the figure and falls in flowing folds down to bare feet. Behind the figure are architectural elements including a column and arch, and a distant view of geometric building shapes. Beside the figure on the platform stands a bristly animal resembling a boar, sniffing or touching a small round vessel on the ground. The visible colors are black, white, and shades of gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_106

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Rights managed

Available size

67.8Mb (4.9Mb) / 13.2in x 20.0in / 3952 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gluttony series Vices Pencz Georg ca 1500-1550 graphic artist German culture Gluttony personification attributes allegories personifications iconography women German graphics Renaissance style figures pigs seven deadly sins wreaths feces jugs vines columns architectural plant tendril 16th century graphic print height 8.2 cm width 5.1 cm monochrome etching winged robed figure standing stone platform wearing laurel wreath holding large jug curved handle leaves flowers waist drapery wraps falls flowing folds down bare feet architectural elements column arch distant view geometric building shapes Beside platform stands bristly animal resembling boar sniffing touching small round vessel ground visible colors black white shades gray.