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Etching of winged allegorical figures around a spider's web and two scrolls, labelled Charitas, Iustitia, Invidia, Avaritia.

Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

An etching with the inscription LEGES POLITICAE across the top shows four winged allegorical figures labelled Charitas, Iustitia, Invidia and Avaritia. Two scrolls flank a central spider's web, the upper one with a straight line and the lower one with a wavy line, in fine hatched linework.

Artist
Christoph Murer
Date
1622
Medium
Allegorical prints Emblem pictures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3518 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1622.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Leges Politicae: figuras alegóricas, telaraña y pergaminos

Un grabado con la inscripción LEGES POLITICAE en la parte superior muestra cuatro figuras aladas alegóricas rotuladas Charitas, Iustitia, Invidia y Avaritia. Dos pergaminos flanquean una telaraña central; el superior tiene una línea recta y el inferior una línea ondulada, con trazos finos.

Português: Leges Politicae: figuras alegóricas, teia de aranha e pergaminhos

Uma gravura com a inscrição LEGES POLITICAE no alto mostra quatro figuras aladas alegóricas identificadas como Charitas, Iustitia, Invidia e Avaritia. Dois pergaminhos ladeiam uma teia de aranha central; o superior traz uma linha reta e o inferior uma linha ondulada, em traços finos.

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