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A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.
Hertz, Johann Daniel, 1693-1754.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 45473i
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A battle between Romans and the Germans at Trier: the Germans are returning on a bridge over the river Moselle after having attacked the camp of the Romans, when the Romans counterattack. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. van Veen, 1612.
Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629.Date: [1612]Reference: 43021i
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Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Colour process print after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Reference: 24785i
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The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.
Girolamo, da Treviso, 1497-1544.Date: 1838Reference: 24385i
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A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.
Date: [1563?]Reference: 26276i
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Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26697i
Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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A winged, blindfolded woman; representing avarice. Engraving by G. Pencz.
Pencz, Georg, 1500?-1550.Reference: 26736i
Part of: Seven deadly sins
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An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Reference: 37574i
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A greedy medical practitioner demanding a leg of bacon for payment from a poor family. Mezzotint.
Reference: 20807i
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L'avarice : essai de psychologie morbide / par J. Rogues de Fursac.
Rogues de Fursac, J. (Marie Henri Joseph Pierre Étienne), 1872-1942.Date: 1911
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A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.
Smies, Jacob, 1764-1833.Date: 1809Reference: 17675i
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The death of Ananias: an elderly bearded man falling to the ground before a large crowd of onlookers. Pen and ink drawing attributed to F. Montelatici (Cecco Bravo).
Cecco Bravo, 1607-1661.Reference: 33713i
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Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26694i
Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Reference: 2500274i
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A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
Penny, Edward, 1714-1791.Date: 1 June 1784Reference: 20795i
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Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
Date: 1698Reference: 37221i
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A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27617i
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Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Etching after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Reference: 24789i
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Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving by S. Gribelin, 1707, after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: 1707Reference: 2536025i
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Miravan opening the tomb of his ancestors in search of treasure, discovers that the treasure is not gold but repose. Mezzotint by V. Green after Joseph Wright of Derby, 1772.
Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797.Date: Decem.r 18th 1772Reference: 46788i
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Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Reference: 24787i
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al-Bukhalāʼ / taʼlf̄ Abū ʻUthmān ʻAmr ibn Baḥr.
Jāḥiẓ, -868 or 869.Date: [date of publication not identified]
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A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
Piattoli, Giuseppe, active 1785-1807.Reference: 17941i
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Satyrs grouped around a statue, displaying the attributes of greed and venality. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
Gillot, Claude, 1673-1722.Reference: 26773i
Part of: Les passions de l'homme exprimées par les satyres
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A wealthy bürger refuses charity to an old couple. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26655i
Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova

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A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

A battle between Romans and the Germans at Trier: the Germans are returning on a bridge over the river Moselle after having attacked the camp of the Romans, when the Romans counterattack. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. van Veen, 1612.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Colour process print after Raphael.

The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.

A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.

Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

A winged, blindfolded woman; representing avarice. Engraving by G. Pencz.

An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.

A greedy medical practitioner demanding a leg of bacon for payment from a poor family. Mezzotint.

L'avarice : essai de psychologie morbide / par J. Rogues de Fursac.

The death of Ananias: an elderly bearded man falling to the ground before a large crowd of onlookers. Pen and ink drawing attributed to F. Montelatici (Cecco Bravo).

Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.

A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.

Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Etching after Raphael.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving by S. Gribelin, 1707, after Raphael.

Miravan opening the tomb of his ancestors in search of treasure, discovers that the treasure is not gold but repose. Mezzotint by V. Green after Joseph Wright of Derby, 1772.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.

al-Bukhalāʼ / taʼlf̄ Abū ʻUthmān ʻAmr ibn Baḥr.

A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

Satyrs grouped around a statue, displaying the attributes of greed and venality. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.

A wealthy bürger refuses charity to an old couple. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.