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Allegory of Envy
Cristofano RobettaLinkedCulture matchlcp-c0d2fe2f35fc
- Date
- c. 1505
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 4373
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
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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- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
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- Object type
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