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Pigritia / Sloth: AD.1.18-504

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Pigritia / Sloth
Seven deadly sins

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Matham, Jacob (After)
Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik (After)

Entities

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Description

A female figure, whole-length, in a landscape, with a snail on her hand, accompanied by a resting donkey

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Note

Free copy after the engraving attributed to Matham, in an oval border. Probably cut from the border of a larger print.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.1.18-504
Primary reference Number: 195107
New Hollstein (Dutch Flemish): 334 copy (Matham)
New Hollstein (Dutch Flemish): 490 copy c? (Goltzius)

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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