Details

Title

Envy (L'Envie), from the Deadly Sins (Les Péchés Capitaux) series

Artist/Maker

James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)

Date

1904

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

6 5/16" x 9 7/8"

Credit

Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry Collection

Accession #

72.8 G

On View

Currently not on view

Ensor evokes the operation of envy by juxtaposing a handsome young couple—radiant, well matched, and blessed with a baby—with a crowd of less fortunate characters—emaciated old women and ugly men with monstrous noses—who ogle the couple with a mixture of longing and disdain.