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Maker(s):van Mallery, Karel; Vos, Maarten de (after)
Culture:Flemish (1571-1635); Flemish (1532 - 1603)
Title:Envy Brings Forth War from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Life
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Print
Materials:engraving printed in black on paper
Place Made:Netherlands
Measurements:sheet: 10 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in; 27.3 cm x 37.5 cm
Narrative Inscription:  in plate: N. de Vos. inuent , Carol de Mallery Sculp. Phls Galle excud.; print no. 4 at lower right corner
Accession Number:  SC 2013.40.4
Credit Line:Purchased with the gift of Catherine Blanton Freedberg, class of 1964, in honor of Suzannah Fabing, Director of the Smith College Museum of Art, 1991-2005
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
A woman with snakes for hair (envy) sits on a throne of live snakes, eating a heart. At her knee is a smaller female figure wearing a breastplate and helmet and holding a sword (war). In the background ships are enduring a fierce storm at sea, livestock lie dead on the ground, people argue and buildings burn.

Subjects:
Engraving

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