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Avarice (Avaritia)
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Avarice (Avaritia)

Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 18.7 x 13.3 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6955
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsin plate, upper center: AVARITIA; below image: Conturbat domum suam qui sectatur avaritiam: qui/autem odit munera vivet. Proverb. 15.; lower right: 2ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897