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Pigritia (Sloth)

Pigritia (Sloth)
(17th century)
plate 4 from the Seven vices series

Medium
engraving
Measurements
16.5 × 13.8 cm (image) 18.3 × 13.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 120 ii/ii (Vorsterman I)
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Wat is de luÿerdÿ? en nam sÿ ÿet ter hand? / Maer neen,sy haet het werck, ensoeckt haer eÿgenschand. / PIGRITIA
Accession Number
1278.249-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
idleness personification repose (activity) reproductive prints sin (religious concept) vice (culture-related concept) Vices (allegorical characters) women (female humans)