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| Keywords: Peter Flötner - Allegory of Envy - Walters 571869.jpg This exquisite relief depicts an allegory or symbolic representation of Envy one of the Seven Deadly Sins Envy is represented by an old and emaciated woman with wings on her back and sagging breasts who is literally eating her heart out The plaque is from a series on the Seven Deadly Sins for the decoration of a small chest or box Silver is softer than bronze and permits the fine linear detail that makes the depiction so convincing As well as plaques and medals Flötner made large-scale sculptures and designed woodcuts He spent years in Italy and was one of the artists responsible for introducing the Renaissance style based on classical antiquity into Germany ca 1540 Renaissance silver cm 7 9 5 8 accession number 57 1869 1336 Mathias Komor New York New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum April 7 1958 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1958 place of origin Nuremberg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Peter Flötner Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Plaquettes | ||||
