# Acedia

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WIERIX, Hieronymus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wierix-hieronymus-r54924541b12677>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Engraving

## Commentary

Acedia is the personification of sloth \(apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue\) as one of the seven deadly sins. The print, engraved after Philip Galle, shows its traditional image.

## Related artworks

- [Beatus Philippus Nerius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wierix-hieronymus-r54924541b12677/beatus-philippus-nerius-ref3183e3ac96ef>)
- [Portrait of Henriette de Balzac d&#39;Entraigues, Marquise de Verneuil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wierix-hieronymus-r54924541b12677/portrait-of-henriette-de-balzac-dentraigues-marquise-de-verneuil-r3d34bbbc4314b6>)
- [St Michael Slaying the Dragon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wierix-hieronymus-r54924541b12677/st-michael-slaying-the-dragon-r6244b8b8b09893>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)