Allegory of Envy(?); partially draped naked old woman at center flanked by two pairs, also naked, a child on the ground at lower left, road leading to town in the background
Town in the background copied from the Dürer engraving, 'Hercules', with the image in reverse (see 19.73.83). Lower left and right corners of the plate are cut.
Artwork Details
- Title: Allegory of Envy(?); partially draped naked old woman at center flanked by two pairs, also naked, a child on the ground at lower left, road leading to town in the background
- Artist: Cristofano di Michele Martini (Il Robetta) (Italian, Florence 1462–after 1535 Florence)
- Date: ca. 1500–1520
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 10 1/16 × 7 1/4 in. (25.5 × 18.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.20.3
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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