Harvard Art Museums > 65.2003: Avarice Is the Root of All Evil Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Avarice Is the Root of All Evil (Hendrick Goltzius) , 65.2003,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/167588. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 65.2003 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title Avarice Is the Root of All Evil Other Titles Original Language Title: Waenrceht hartneckich... Tim.6:10; James 4.1; Pr.15:18; Tim.6:9 Series/Book Title: The Abuses of the Law Series/Book Title: Litis Abvsvs Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1576 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/167588 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 18.1 × 22.6 cm (7 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 24.9 × 33 cm (9 13/16 × 13 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: upper margin, brown ink: Jo 100e. inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right, the first lines of left and right run together as the title: Waenrce[sic]ht hareneckich, duister testament, myn en dyn= : 1.tim 6 / Radix enim Omnium malorum est cupiditas: quā quidā appetētes errauerūt a fide. / Vnde bella et lites in vobis: nōne hinc: ex cōcupiscētÿs vris. Jac. 4. / Vir iracundus prouocat rixas: qui patiens est mitigat suscitatas. Prouerb. 15. / Desideria multa, inutilia et nociua que mergūt homines in interitū et pditionē. 1. Tim. 6. // met begeerte blint, halen tProces, een drachts venyn. / Dan geyt ist ein wurtzel alles vbels: welcher hat etliche geluster vnd sind etcet. / Wohaer ist streit vnd krieg vnder euch: ist nit da haer ausz euweren wollusten, die etcet. / Der zormůtig richtet zanck an: der dultimůtig aber stillet den zanck vnd hader. / Vil torechte vnd scaedliehe lust, welthe versenckend die mēschē ins verderben. inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: 3. inscription: in plate, adjacent or within the figures, reading from left to right: Meum / Opinio / Tuam / Lis / Testamenta Cupido cecus inscription: verso, graphite: 65.2003 collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering within: MC [monogram; Marjorie Cohn] 02 watermark: Grapes? Provenance Recorded Ownership History Library of Rouche-Guyon. Album of multiple sets auctioned off, c. 2002, at Hotel Drouot, purchased by Proute State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/iii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 188, The Illustrated Bartsch 160m Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Robert and Barbara Wheaton Object Number 65.2003 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024 Related Works 63.-70.2003 Hendrick Goltzius Litis Abvsvs, or, The Abuses of the Law Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
