7 Deadly Sins Collection

Illustration for The Taming Of The Shrew (chromolitho)
3642344 Illustration for The Taming Of The Shrew (chromolitho) by Andre, Richard (1834-1907); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for The Taming Of The Shrew)

The Plum Pudding in Danger or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper, 1805 (engraving)
7088732 The Plum Pudding in Danger or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper, 1805 (engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1633-34 (oil on panel)
LRI4650373 Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1633-34 (oil on panel) by Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665); 154x214 cm; National Gallery, London, UK; Luisa Ricciarini; French, out of copyright

An Angry Man With Finger Pointing (engraving)
5234072 An Angry Man With Finger Pointing (engraving) by Collier, John (Tim Bobbin) (1708-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Angry Man With Finger Pointing)

The Parable of the Talents, c. 1884 (Oil on canvas)
7212780 The Parable of the Talents, c.1884 (Oil on canvas) by Rich, William George (1857-after 1901); The Ms Gallery, London, UK; (add.info.: Rich)

Jesus Christ driving the money-changers out of the Temple (engraving)
7149704 Jesus Christ driving the money-changers out of the Temple (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bucking Bronco, 1903 (oil on canvas laid down on masonite)
823227 Bucking Bronco, 1903 (oil on canvas laid down on masonite) by Wyeth, Newell Convers (1882-1945); 70.4x49.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bucking Bronco. Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)

The fury of a swan (Colour Litho)
2809228 The fury of a swan (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fury of a swan)

The Seven Deadly Sins, bas-reliefs in Lynchmere Church, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676066 The Seven Deadly Sins, bas-reliefs in Lynchmere Church, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Seven Deadly Sins)

Representation of the fight of the human soul against vices: the allegorical fight of sobriety against lust
AIS5360414 Representation of the fight of the human soul against vices: the allegorical fight of sobriety against lust, miniature taken from "Psychomachia

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220431 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter E: scale, c.1920 (print)
DUV4205943 Letter E: scale, c.1920 (print); 15.5x24.5 cm; (add.info.: image from "The alphabet of Mimi" Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages.); Photo © Duvallon

The land of Cocagne, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4836693 The land of Cocagne, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mythical land of plenty, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts)

Illustration by George Cruikshank, 1850
3478433 Illustration by George Cruikshank, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a man eating food on production line. Illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

Scottish drinks Dewar's whisky with his ancestors, 1902 (print)
7422870 Scottish drinks Dewar's whisky with his ancestors, 1902 (print); (add.info.: Food and beverage. Scottish drinks Dewar's whisky with his ancestors)

I wish I were as hungry as you, Tommy (colour litho)
8656399 I wish I were as hungry as you, Tommy (colour litho) by Lewin, Frederick George (1861-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I wish I were as hungry as you)

The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774. Werther surprises Charlotte surrounded by children
AIS5339051 The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774. Werther surprises Charlotte surrounded by children. By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832); Goethe National Museum, Weimar, Germany; © Iberfoto

Dream images of a lieutenant (colour litho)
8656458 Dream images of a lieutenant (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dream images of a lieutenant. Stomach in - chest out. A row of women soldiers)

John Bull (colour litho)
8635295 John Bull (colour litho) by Foy, Andre (1886-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Bull, personification of England)

Vanite: still life with skull, shell, score, hourglass, candle and string instrument
JEB4906371 Vanite: still life with skull, shell, score, hourglass, candle and string instrument. Painting by Simon Fox of Saint Andre (1613-1677) c.1650 (oil on canvas); Palais de Longchamp

Good priests
3479522 Good priests; (add.info.: Good priests and people, not tainted by vice and avarice. From John Foxe Actes and Monuments (The book of Martyrs) 1576.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Stage premiere of a variant of the Faust legend les sept chateaux du diable the seven castles of the devil, 1896
3480828 Stage premiere of a variant of the Faust legend les sept chateaux du diable the seven castles of the devil, 1896; (add.info)

Nudist art: Envy (b/w photo)
8632707 Nudist art: Envy (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Envy. Illustration for Nudist Art)

David watching the bath of Bathsheba (woodcut)
8663775 David watching the bath of Bathsheba (woodcut) by Burgkmair, Hans (c.1473-1531) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: David watching the bath of Bathsheba, 1519)

The feast of monks violating monastic rules, 18th century (Engraving)
6437876 The feast of monks violating monastic rules, 18th century (Engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Religion Catholic religion. The feast of monks violating monastic rules)

The feast of monks violating monastic rules. They drink wine, court the maids. 18th century (Engraving)
6437874 The feast of monks violating monastic rules. They drink wine, court the maids. 18th century (Engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Religion Catholic religion)

Hansel et Gretel, Hansel and Gretel (postcard)
3433890 Hansel et Gretel, Hansel and Gretel (postcard); (add.info.: Litterature. Contes de fees. Coll. part. Literature. Fairy Tale. Hansel and Gretel and the witch)

Letter O: Pride, Mr. Marinier's artistic alphabet, late 19th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4216795 Letter O: Pride, Mr. Marinier's artistic alphabet, late 19th century (chromolithograph); 12.5x9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Priest all too keen to take a child's savings for church benefit, 1851
3479871 Priest all too keen to take a child's savings for church benefit, 1851; (add.info.: Cartoon from Punch Magazine)

S: The woman mad of her body (Scortum) - The Alphabet of Death, c.1856 (engraving)
DUV4221981 S: The woman mad of her body (Scortum) - The Alphabet of Death, c.1856 (engraving); 8x23 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Drawing by H)

Letters E and F: ladder and fountain, c.1920 (print)
DUV4205934 Letters E and F: ladder and fountain, c.1920 (print); 15.5x24.5 cm; (add.info.: image from "The alphabet of Mimi" Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages.); Photo © Duvallon

Letter G: Gourmandise
DUV4217048 Letter G: Gourmandise; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon

A man eating food on production line, 1850
3478435 A man eating food on production line, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the uncomfortable results of gluttony. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Pierrot (b/w photo)
8634500 Pierrot (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. One of a set of six postcards, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Pierrot (b/w photo)
8634496 Pierrot (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. One of a set of six postcards, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

An awful warning! (engraving)
8672623 An awful warning! (engraving) by Downey, Thomas Edward (1852-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: An awful warning! A seasonable picture story not needing words)

The miser, Harpagon, 1896 (engraving)
ELD4833299 The miser, Harpagon, 1896 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Miser, Harpagon, Engraving from "Works" by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)

The Decline Boat, allegory representing a strange boat equipped with sails
MMM5459226 The Decline Boat, allegory representing a strange boat equipped with sails and oars that sails between small rock islands, in the right background

Literature. Fairy Tale. Hansel and Gretel and the witch. Illustration by Otto Kubel for the tale of the Brothers Grimm
3433889 Literature. Fairy Tale. Hansel and Gretel and the witch. Illustration by Otto Kubel for the tale of the Brothers Grimm. Postcard, Germany, c.1900 (postcard); (add.info.: Litterature)

The suicide. 1834 (engraving)
7147161 The suicide. 1834 (engraving) by Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: The suicide. Song by french poet Beranger. ( 1780-1857 ) Design by Emile Bayard

Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581 (colour litho)
5197263 Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581 (colour litho) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Inferno, Canto 7 : Virgil shows Dante the souls of the wrathful in the Styx
GIA745738 Inferno, Canto 7 : Virgil shows Dante the souls of the wrathful in the Styx, illustration from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1885 (digitally coloured engraving) by Dore

Buffalo and Lion Before the Fight, (oil on canvas)
1197063 Buffalo and Lion Before the Fight, (oil on canvas) by Kuhnert, Wilhelm (1865-1926); 78.8x129.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; German, out of copyright

Toutafais equipp'd for Conquest fore God, 1796 (w/c)
5927934 Toutafais equipp'd for Conquest fore God, 1796 (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Watercolour from The Cornwall Militia)

"Old Pat, " The Independent Beggar, c. 1819 (oil on wood)
XOS5887569 "Old Pat, " The Independent Beggar, c. 1819 (oil on wood) by Waldo, Samuel Lovett (1783-1861); 68x57 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Annunciation, 1480-85 circa, (oil on panel)
7146513 Annunciation, 1480-85 circa, (oil on panel) by Credi, Lorenzo di (1456-1536); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Annunciation, stories of Adam and Eve (creation)

Sic itur ad astra scilicet 1681
1575338 Sic itur ad astra scilicet 1681 by Hooghe, Romeyn de (1636-97) (after); (add.info.: Sic itur ad astra scilicet 1681. By Romeyn de Hooghe, 1645-1708, artist)

Pothos, 1st century AD (marble)
7146683 Pothos, 1st century AD (marble) by Roman, (1st century AD); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Pothos, 1st century AD, roman art, marble, Uffizi gallery, Florence)

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"The 7 Deadly Sins: A Journey Through Art and Humanity" Step into the world of art as we explore the timeless concept of the "7 Deadly Sins. " From an engraving depicting "The Plum Pudding in Danger or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper" to an angry man pointing his finger, these artworks capture the essence of human vices. In "The Parable of the Talents, " a thought-provoking oil painting on canvas, we witness greed consuming individuals. The desire for wealth and power is further exemplified in "Bucking Bronco, " where ambition takes center stage. Delve into Shakespeare's masterpiece with an illustration from "The Taming Of The Shrew. " It portrays wrath and pride entwined within relationships, reminding us how easily anger can consume our hearts. Meanwhile, Jesus Christ driving money-changers out of the Temple showcases his righteous fury against greed. Witness nature's wrath through "The Fury of a Swan, " a vivid lithograph that reminds us of envy's destructive force. As we journey further, encounter Toutafais equipp'd for Conquest fore God; this watercolor piece exposes lust's allure and its consequences. Yet amidst these sins lies compassion. In "Old Pat, The Independent Beggar, " painted on wood in 1819, empathy shines through despite societal flaws. This artwork serves as a reminder that even amid darkness, kindness prevails. Marvel at Annunciation - an exquisite oil painting on panel from 1480-85 - which symbolizes purity while exploring themes such as sloth or spiritual apathy. Finally, Sic itur ad astra scilicet reveals vanity's grip on humanity through its intricate design dating back to 1681. As we conclude our journey with Pothos' marble sculpture from the 1st century AD representing gluttony and excesses indulged by mankind throughout history – let these artistic masterpieces serve as a reflection on our own lives.