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Avarice Is the Root of All Evil by Hendrick Goltzius — VisualArtsDB

Avarice Is the Root of All Evil

Avarice Is the Root of All Evil

Hendrick Goltzius

Medium: 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.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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