The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things is a painting attributed to the Early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch or to a follower of his, completed around 1500 or later. Since 1898 its authe
Hieronymus Bosch The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things
Gluttony (Gula)
Sloth (Accidia)
Lust (Luxuria)
Seven deadly sins
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The seven deadly sins function as a grouping of major vices within the teachings of Christianity. They are not explicitly listed in the Bible but developed within early Christian theological tradition
The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things
…series of circular images. Four small circles, detailing the four last things—Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell—surround a larger circle in which the seven deadly sins are depicted: wrath at the bottom, then (proceeding clockwise) envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, extravagance (later replaced with lust), and pride, using…
The Holy Spirit and the Seven Deadly Sins. Folio from Walters manuscript W.171 (15th century)
An allegorical image depicting the human heart subject to the seven deadly sins, each represented by an animal (clockwise: toad = avarice; snake = envy; lion = wrath; snail = sloth; pig = gluttony; goat = lust; peacock = pride)
Still life: Excess (Albert Anker, 1896)