(Heemskerck 1498–1574 Haarlem)

Pair of works: Allegory of Envy (Invidia) and Allegory of Poverty (Inopia).

Oil on canvas.

Each 60 × 72 cm.

Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland, since the 1970s.

Condition:
Oil on canvas, relined. Paint surface with a network of craquelure. Stretcher marks and slight solour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: retouching along the edges. Further smaller retouching to be seen on the figures and in the background. Varnish fluoresces greenish.
Dimensions with frame: 76.5 × 88.3 cm each.