"Envy Plucking the Wings of Fame " (1806)
By, Francois-Gillaume Menageot
Oil on canvas
(41 in x 35 in)
Francois-Gillaume Menageot was a French painter of religious and French historical art. He was a member and became the director of the French Academy in Rome. The message of this painting represents the jealousy of the wings of the angel. The man shows envy of the angels wings by trying to tear them apart because he cannot have them. Envy is another one of the seven deadly sins.
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