The Triumph of Truth over Envy

A winged female figure in flowing drapery strides upward on a swirling cloud, one arm raised, while a writhing, snake-like figure coils beneath her among clouds. Rendered in brown tones with fine etched hatching and aquatint washes against a pale ground, the composition is dramatic and allegorical.

Artist

Maria Katharina Prestel

Date

1781

Medium

Etching and aquatint, from three plates, in brown and black, with metallic gold, on ivory laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2126 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund