Preparatory drawing for the series of the seven cardinal sins (1556-1557). Series engraved in 1558 by Pieter van der Heyden to the order of Hieronymus Cock.
Gula (Gluttony)
Artist
Production date
1557
Collection
Object number
466
Material
Pen and grey-brown ink, contours incised
Inscription
Signed at lower right: brüeghel 1557; inscribed at lower centre in sepia ink by a different hand: gula; in the margin in sepia ink by a different hand: Schout dronckenschap ende gulselyck eten, Want overdaet doet godt en hem selven vergeten [Shun drunkenness and gluttony, for excess makes man forget God and himself]
Dimensions
30 cm x 23 cm
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