Avarice (Avaritia) from The Seven Deadly Sins — after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Avarice (Avaritia) from The Seven Deadly Sins

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-383070 Categories: , Tags: , , Artist: Bruegel, Pieter
Tags: Coins, Fantasy, Figures

Description

In The Seven Deadly Sins, Avarice (Avaritia) gathers people, possessions and grotesque creatures into a scene of restless accumulation. Figures count or handle objects near a great chest, while bags and strange inventions crowd the surroundings. Pieter van der Heyden engraved the design after Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1558, as part of The Seven Deadly Sins. The desire for wealth takes shape as a whole environment rather than an isolated human weakness.

The composition’s crowded structure makes abundance feel uneasy. Each small object or action competes for attention, and the sharply defined engraved lines give the accumulation a stubborn material presence. The image offers much to discover, yet its excess also seems difficult to escape. Possession becomes an activity that generates further demands instead of satisfaction. Bruegel’s allegory examines a desire capable of absorbing the people and world gathered around it.

Read our guide to giclée prints, browse more Pieter Bruegel prints, or explore Gluttony (Gula) from The Seven Deadly Sins.

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Medium/Technique

Giclée Print
Support

Canvas, Paper

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