Envy Driven from the Temple of the Muses

Art Historical Context

In the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection, *Envy Driven from the Temple of the Muses* is a striking 15th-century engraving by the anonymous Master of the Die, created after a design by the Italian Renaissance artist Baldassare Peruzzi. Dating to between 1401 and1500, this print the era's fascination with classical mythology and moral allegory. Peruzzi, renowned for his architectural frescoes and stage designs in Siena and Rome, provided the compositional blueprint, which the Master faithfully reproduced through intricate line work. The scene dramatically depicts the personified vi...