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JACOPO LIGOZZI. Allegory of Avarice
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Author: JACOPO LIGOZZI (1547-1627)
Title: Allegory of Avarice
Caption: Allegory of Avarice. Artist: Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, Verona 1547-1627 Florence). Dimensions: 54 7/8 x 33 1/4 in. (139.4 x 84.5 cm).
In 1590 Ligozzi created a series of elaborate, allegorical drawings of the Seven Deadly Sins (six still exist). This painting, which is a fragment, depicts the central figures of the allegory of Avarice, the drawing for which is in the National Gallery, Washington. As described in emblem books, Avarice is shown as a pale woman holding a bag of money. The threatening skeleton suggests that the artist was inspired as well by other representations of the vice in either literature (perhaps Dante) or the visual arts.
Technique/material: OIL ON CANVAS
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Image size: 2644 × 4466 px | 33.8 MB
Print size: 22.4 × 37.8 cm | 1040.9 × 1758.3 in (300 dpi)
