The Seven Capital Sins

Cornelis Galle, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1576–1650)

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 18.7 x 13.6 cm (7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP6953

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Inscriptionsin plate, in heart: VII/PECCATORUM CAPITA=/LIVM IMAGINES ELE=/GANTISSIMÈ A PHILIP./GALLAEO DEPICTAE/ET AERI INCISAE./Ecce omnes animae, meae sunt:/vt anima patris, ita et ani=/ma filij, mea est. Anima/quae peccaverit, ipsa/morietur./Ezech.18.; below, in box: Vitiorum commodum in praesenti: virtutum in futuro.

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897