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Envy

Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, 1525–1569)

Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)

Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)

about 1558

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 22.6 x 30 cm (8 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number64.716

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InscriptionsIn plate, within image, below the figure of envy: INVIDIA. In plate, in lower margin: INVIDIA HORRENDVM MONSTRVM, SÆVISSIMA PESTIS. [Envy is a monster to be feared, and a most severe plague] / Een onsterffelÿcke doot es nÿt / en wreede peste Een beest die haer seluen eet / met valschen moleste [Envy is an eternal death and a terrible plague, a beast which devours itself with false troubles]

ProvenanceMarch 10-12, 1964, sale at Sotheby's, London; purchased from that sale by P. &. D. Colnaghi & Co. (dealers), London, for the MFA. (Accession Date: May 13, 1964)