Treasures from the Permanent Collection: The Avarice Tapestry
Treasures from the Permanent Collection: The Avarice Tapestry
Join Morgan docents as they guide you on an up-close virtual exploration and discussion of one of the many works in the institution’s treasured permanent collection: for this event, the 16th-century Triumph of Avarice tapestry.
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The Morgan Library & Museum online
June 11, 2021 | 12:30 pm
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Morgan Library & Museum docents

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About The Artwork

Part of a series of seven tapestries depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, a favorite subject after Petrarch.
After a cartoon by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550)
The tapestry has hung in the East Room of the Morgan Library since 1906.

Image: Willem de Pannemaker, Triumph of Avarice tapestry (16th cent.) / photo by Graham Haber