Allegory of greed depicted in rags with a gold chain that serves him the belt,...

Allegory of greed depicted in rags with a gold chain that serves him the belt, which emphasize that possession of property makes her slave to the point of refusing the necessities. On the stock exchange is the name Pluto, god of wealth in mythology. The lean and hungry wolf is the symbol of voracite and rapine. Engraving in “” Iconologie oder Ideen aus dem Gebiete der Leidenschaften und Allegorien bildich dargestellt fur Zeichner, Mahler, Dichter, Gelehrte, Erzieher und freunde Hoherer Geschmacksbildung” (Iconologie ou idees de la sphere des passions et des allegories...), Vienna 1801. Book containing 225 illustrations. Private collection.