Lust, plate seven from The Seven Deadly Sins

Prints and Drawings

1558

Pieter van der Heyden (Flemish, c. 1530-after March 1572)
after Pieter Bruegel, the elder (Flemish, 1525/30-1569)
published by Hieronymous Cock (Flemish, c. 1510-1570)

Pieter van der Heyden’s Lust is a vision of hell from Pieter Brueghel’s Seven Deadly Sins series. Lust is personified by the nude woman in the center of the composition, who is seduced by a monster. To their left, a naked man wearing a hat, which identifies him as an adulterer, rides a beast leading a demonic procession.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Pieter van der Heyden
Title: Lust, plate seven from The Seven Deadly Sins
Place: Flanders (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1558
Medium: Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 22.5 × 29.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 26 × 32.4 cm (10 1/4 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1940.57.7
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Lari 126 I/I

Freedberg 24 I/I

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