# Ill-Matched Couple: Young Man and Old Woman

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of the Housebook](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Drypoint engraving

## Commentary

In this representation of the subject, a favourite for prints in the fifteenth century, the old woman explicitly embodies the deadly sin of &#39;avaritia&#39; \(covetousness\). The young man reaches for her money bag which she guards.

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- [Aristotle and Phyllis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/aristotle-and-phyllis-r928cd9b6b2f230>)
- [Carrying the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/carrying-the-cross-rc6857ee723949b>)
- [Coronation of Mary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/coronation-of-mary-r774ee56f7f69fc>)
- [Double Portrait \(Pair of Lovers\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/double-portrait-pair-of-lovers-r011fd6b9295f10>)
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- [Planet Mercury](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/planet-mercury-r590d09f4e6c37b>)
- [Planet Venus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/planet-venus-re5015e35d8bc2c>)
- [Resurrection](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/resurrection-r3cc3c54a40eb80>)
- [St Barbara, St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/st-barbara-st-catherine-r21acaae34f7c11>)
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- [Standing Couple](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-housebook-r98d01f8ad74bd0/standing-couple-redf54e0596bc8f>)

## Attribution

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