Antique Master Print-SINS-ENVY-GENRE-PIGLET-VorstermanI-Brouwer-ca. 1660

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Antique Master Print, titled: 'Invidia. - Ik woed in anders spoed, hun voordeel ic benijd: Ic perss mijn eijgen mock, hoe wel sij mij beschijt.' - (I mix in others fortune, I envy their advantages: I press my own pig, although it defecates on me.) The sin of envy. Shows a man seated on an upturned barrel squeezing a piglet, that defecates. A snake winds around the man's cap. A knife is stuck into the table beside guts. Engraving on hand laid paper. Description: From a set of the seven cardinal sins. State: Second state of 2. Ref: Hollstein 121 Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Lucas Vorsterman I' after 'Adriaen Brouwer'. Lucas Vorsterman II / the younger (1624-c.1670) was a Flemish engraver, son of Lucas Vorsterman I. He was active in Antwerp and worked after Rubens and others. Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) was a Flemish genre painter, active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic. Condition: Very good, given age. ample margins. Margins a little soiled. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: TPCLA-C5-37 The overall size is ca. 6.4 x 8.7 inch. The image size is ca. 5.6 x 7.6 inch. The overall size is ca. 16.3 x 22 cm. The image size is ca. 14.3 x 19.2 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 50339

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