Allegory of Envy
This exquisite relief depicts an allegory, or symbolic representation, of Envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Envy is represented by an old and emaciated woman with wings on her back and sagging breasts who is literally eating her heart out. The plaque is from a series on the...
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1336
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object
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normalized
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Mathias Komor, New York, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, April 7, 1958, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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2
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1869_Fnt_BW_H58.jpg |
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1869_Fnt_BW_H58.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1869 |
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silver
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