The Devil Painting Man's Heart, from Allegory of the Misuse of Worldly Property
An engraving showing a horned devil seated at an easel, painting on an oval panel while a standing man in a feathered hat gestures beside him. A kneeling woman in a ruff binds a cord at the lower right, and Latin and Dutch verses appear below the scene on tiled floor.
- Artist
- Willem van Swanenburgh
- Date
- 1609
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2253 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1609).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds