Sloth (Desidia), The Seven Deadly Sins, Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. (Breda?) 1526/27 - 1569 Brussels), 1557, drawing, pen and grey-brown, × cm, Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, 'brueghel, .'; The sleeping protagonist inscribed by someone else's hand: 'desidia'; inscribed by someone else's hand (cut off and glued to the backing): '"Traecheyt maecktmachenloos en verdroocht, Die senuwen dat de mensch nieuwers toe en doocht"' (Inertia makes you powerless and lets your nerves dry up, so that you can't do anything anymore is good

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