Gluttony

Artist Pieter van der Heyden (Flemish, born about 1530–after 1572)

Artistafter Pieter Bruegel I (Flemish, about 1525–1569)

Publisherpublished by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, about 1510–1570)

Date1558

Mediumengraving on cream laid paper

Dimensionsplate: 22.6 x 29.9 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 23.2 x 30.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham III and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Buckingham

Terms

Object number2001.40

Label TextHeavily influenced by the apocalyptic paintings of fifteenth-century Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder began a series of allegorical drawings in 1557 portraying the cardinal sins specified in Catholic dogma: Anger, Avarice, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Pride and Sloth. Later engraved by Pieter van der Heyden, the series cautions against hell-bound excess. This print represents peasants and bizarre creatures’ unbridled binging on food and liquor, a rejection of the moral teachings of the Catholic faith.ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham, North Palm Beach, FL; Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham III, Holden, MA and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Buckingham, Boylston, MA

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