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The Seven Deadly Sins, anonymous, 1540 - 1567, Devil figure composed of body parts of various animals, personifying the seven deadly sins. Standing in a niche. The lion's head symbolizes Pride, the dragon's eyes represent Wrath, the absence of the right hand represents Avarice, and the hindquarters of a boar represent Unchastfulness. On either side of the head the text: Figura de septe peccatis mortalibus. The way the monster is represented goes back in part to a poem by Hans Sachs: 'Der Eygennutz, das Grewlich Thier', 1535. Below text in Dutch in three columns., print maker: anonymous, publisher: Peter Warnerssen, (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, publisher: Kampen, 1540 - 1567, paper, h 395 mm × w 278 mm.

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The Seven Deadly Sins, anonymous, 1540 - 1567, Devil figure composed of body parts of various animals, personifying the seven deadly sins. Standing in a niche. The lion's head symbolizes Pride, the dragon's eyes represent Wrath, the absence of the right hand represents Avarice, and the hindquarters of a boar represent Unchastfulness. On either side of the head the text: Figura de septe peccatis mortalibus. The way the monster is represented goes back in part to a poem by Hans Sachs: 'Der Eygennutz, das Grewlich Thier', 1535. Below text in Dutch in three columns., print maker: anonymous, publisher: Peter Warnerssen, (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, publisher: Kampen, 1540 - 1567, paper, h 395 mm × w 278 mm

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4154 x 5605 px | 66.6 MB

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35.2 x 47.5 cm | 13.8 x 18.7 in (300 dpi)

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'DER EYGENNUTZ • 1535 • 1540-1567 • ABSENCE • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANONYMOUS • BOAR REPRESENT UNCHASTFULNESS • BODY PARTS • CARDINAL SIN • DAS GREWLICH THIER' • DEVIL FIGURE COMPOSED • DISAPPEARED • DRAGON'S EYES REPRESENT WRATH • DUTCH • FIGURA DE SEPTE PECCATIS MORTALIBUS • H 395 MM × W 278 MM • HANS SACHS • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HINDQUARTERS • KAMPEN • LION'S HEAD SYMBOLIZES PRIDE • LOW COUNTRIES • MENTIONED • MISSING • MONSTER • MORTAL SIN • NETHERLANDISH • NICHE • OBJECT • OBJECTS • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • PART • PERSONIFYING • PETER WARNERSSEN • POEM • PRINT MAKER • PUBLISHER • REPRESENTED GOES BACK • RIGHT HAND REPRESENTS AVARICE • SEVEN CARDINAL SINS • SEVEN DEADLY SINS • SIDE • SINS, SEVEN DEADLY • STANDING • TEXT • THREE COLUMNS • UMBRELLA • VARIOUS ANIMALS • WAY