Invidia (Envy)
Artist
Production date
1558
Collection
Object number
816/6
Material

Engraving; two states known

Inscription
Signed at lower left: brueghel.Inve[ni]t; at lower left: cock·excud·cum privil·; at lower centre: PVAHE [in monogram]; inscribed at lower centre: INVIDIA·; in the margin: INVIDIA HORRENDUM MONSTRUM, SAEVISSIMA PESTIS·[Envy is a monster to be feared, and a most severe plague]/ Een onsterffelijcke doot es nijt, en wreede peste Een beest die haer selven eet, met valschen moleste
Dimensions
29.5 cm x 22.8 cm

First state

Other artworks of this artist

Ira (Wrath)
The Poor Kitchen
Superbia (Pride)
Avaritia (Avarice)
Gula (Gluttony)
Invidia (Envy)
Luxuria (Lust)
The Fight over Money
Saint James and the Magician Hermogenes
The Ass at School
The Witch of Mallegem (Stone operation)
The big fish eat the little fish
Patientia (Patience)