It is an allegorical
painting portraying avarice as a grotesque female figure. Her emaciated body
and sagging breasts evoke decay. She clutches a
moneybag, her expression both fierce and desperate. The background is minimal,
drawing attention to her distorted form. Dürer blends classical influence with
Northern realism, using sharp detail to underscore moral corruption. The work
criticizes the destructive nature of greed and aging, presenting it not as
power but as a grotesque mask of human folly and moral decay.
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