About this artwork
Flanked by younger couples entwined in erotic poses, an unaccompanied older woman appears to scowl. It is unclear whether the central figure, traditionally identified with envy, is the one experiencing the feeling or merely a visual symbol of it. Secular allegorical subjects were popular with Renaissance printmakers, especially in Italy. In this case, the Florentine engraver Cristofano Robetta copied German prints by Albrecht Dürer for the landscape in the background.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Cristofano Robetta
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Title
- Allegory of Envy
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Place
- Italy (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1500–1510
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Medium
- Engraving on paper
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Dimensions
- 23.3 × 18 cm (9 3/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
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Reference Number
- 1956.1044
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/4373/manifest.json
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