# Deception and Avarice [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DORIGNY, Louis]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary At the corners of the ceiling, figures of the Vices are chained to strongly projecting rocks. Deception appears as an elderly bearded figure with two intertwined serpents' tail instead of legs and hooks in his right hand for capturing unsuspecting prey. Avarice is ugly and bitter and rightly grasps a purse full of money. Above the Vices are four rosy-toned monochrome oculi with putti engaged in virtuous activities. ## Related artworks - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Ceiling of the grand staircase]() - [Corridor ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Decoration of the ballroom]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()