Lust, published 1558

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series Title

The Seven Deadly Sins

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.7 × 29.7 cm (8 15/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

sheet: 27.1 × 37.2 cm (10 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 27, State only

Accession Number

1964.8.429

Artists / Makers

Pieter van der Heyden (artist) Netherlandish, active c. 1551/1572

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (artist after) Netherlandish, c. 1525/1530 - 1569

Hieronymus Cock (publisher) Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right, in image, in plate: LVXVRIA; lower left, in cartouche, in pate: brueghel. Inuentor. / H. Cock . excu. cu[m] privi; lower center, in image, in plate: PAME [artist's monogram]; in lower margin, in plate: LVXVRIA ENERVAT VIRES, EFFOEMINAT ARTVS. (Lust enervates the strength, weakens the limbs.) / Luxurye stinckt, sy is vol onsuverheden / Sy breeckt die Crachten, en sy swackt die leden (Lechery stinks, it is dirty. It breaks [man's] powers and weakens limbs) [translation from Nadine Orenstein, ed., Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, p. 153.]

Exhibition History

1965: Drolleries and Demons: Six Centuries of 'Fantastic' Prints, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1965, no. 24.

Bibliography

1908: Bastelaer, Rene van. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien. Brussels: G. van Oest et Cie, 1908.

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Pieter Bruegel, Nadine Orenstein author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 27, state only.