Jealousy Collection

Italy, Desdemona, Othello and Iago, illustration for the opera Otello (1887) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), oleograph 19th century, Civica Raccolta Delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli (Library)

Flight to Egypt
Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape the jealousy of Herod

TOLLEMACHE AND PENNINGTON. The duel between Captain John Tollemache and Captain John Pennington at the New York Arms, over a sonnet that Pennington wrote about Tollemaches wife, 1777

Jealousy by H. M. Bateman
A dental patient sits prone in a the dentists chair with his mouth wide open while his dentist is momentarily distracted by the sight of workmen with much bigger drills across the road

The Jealous Eye (engraving)
663745 The Jealous Eye (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jealous Eye. Illustration in The National Magazine Vol 1 (W Kent & Co, 1859)

The trial of jealousy - Bible
3781386 The trial of jealousy - Bible; (add.info.: The trial of jealousy. Numbers, chapter V, verse 18 : And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord)

Genre scene inside an office: a jealous lady pulls the hair of a girl seated at a dDesk. A boy, his hands joined, implores her to stop. All around everything in disorder United States

Genre scene: a boy and a girl with their arms around each other in the office where she works are taken by surprise by a lady who is furious at what she sees United States. Date of Photograph:1899

Relief depicting St. Anthony curing a woman unjustly wounded by her jealous husband, work by Giovanni Rubino and Silvio Cosini, held at the Chapel of the Ark of the Saint, in the Basilica of S

Harlequin, Columbine and Pierrot
Harlequin illustration, showing Harlequin and Columbine, with Pierrot looking through an open door. Date: 1923

The Jealous Devil, Alfred Crowquill's sketches from Jullien's Bal Masque, Date: 1850

Miss Hilda Moore
A portrait painting of British stage and film actor, Hilda Mary Moore, who is wearing a fur jacket off of one shoulder and holding a large bunch of poppies

Verdi's Trouvere: act I sc. 3 - Liebig chromolithography, v. 1900
LSE4088141 Verdi's Trouvere: act I sc. 3 - Liebig chromolithography, v.1900 by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Verdi's Trouvere: act I sc)

The Winter Tale
2102111 The Winter Tale by Scheiner, Artus (1863-1938); (add.info.: Literature. Leonte, Polixenes and Hermione. The Winter's Tale, play by William Shakespeare (1610-11)

Two's Company, Three's None, c. 1892 (oil on panel)
MAN276863 Two's Company, Three's None, c.1892 (oil on panel) by Stone, Marcus (1840-1921); 31.1x51.6 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Medea, or The Marriage of Jason and Creuse, 1648 (Etching)
7393418 Medea, or The Marriage of Jason and Creuse, 1648 (Etching) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 24 x 17, 4 cm; Fondation Glenat, Grenoble, France; © Fonds Glenat

Affair of poisons: Abbe Etienne Guibourg (1610-1686), pretre defroque nicknamed Monsieur le Prieur celebrating a black
ELD4943536 Affair of poisons: Abbe Etienne Guibourg (1610-1686), pretre defroque nicknamed Monsieur le Prieur celebrating a black mass on Madame de Montespan's naked body

The Jealous Fool, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper)
7308394 The Jealous Fool, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper) by Stettler, Wilhelm (1643-1708); 11.5x10.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Scene from the legend of Amour and Psyche (oil on canvas)
XOT366566 Scene from the legend of Amour and Psyche (oil on canvas) by Kauffmann, Angelica (1741-1807); Museo Civico Revoltella, Trieste

Othello, tragedy by William Shakespeare, published in 1886
Othello (Act V, Scene 2), tragedy by William Shakespeare. Photogravure after a drawing by Ferdinand Piloty (German painter, 1828 - 1895), published in 1886

Plate 24: Mercury and Aglauros, from Ovids Metamorphoses, 1641. Creator: Johann Wilhelm Baur
Plate 24: Mercury and Aglauros, from Ovids Metamorphoses, 1641

Joseph the Patriarch, sold by his ten jealous brothers who want to make him disappear
XEE4415139 Joseph the Patriarch, sold by his ten jealous brothers who want to make him disappear. Anonymous engraving of the 19th century

The Meaning of Colours (colour photo)
3094195 The Meaning of Colours (colour photo) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Meaning of Colours. Postcard, early 20th century)

(The expulsion of Hagar) Ismael est le premier fils d Abraham avec Hagar (Agar)
FIA5370913 (The expulsion of Hagar) Ismael est le premier fils d Abraham avec Hagar (Agar), la servante egyptienne de son epouse Sarah. Apres la naissance d Isaac, Ismael et Agar sont chasses

Sword duel between two Polish women for the love of a man (jealousy). One of them gets hurt in the face. Engraving
XEE4183666 Sword duel between two Polish women for the love of a man (jealousy). One of them gets hurt in the face. Engraving. One of " The Little Journal Illustrates", 1927

King Philip II (1527-1598) surprises his son, Prince Don Carlos (1545-1568)
XEE4192773 King Philip II (1527-1598) surprises his son, Prince Don Carlos (1545-1568), trying to violate his mother-in-law (stepmother)

The skeleton of Death pushes a ladder away from a wall killing a gallant suitor as he tries to elope with a beauty
FLO4690408 The skeleton of Death pushes a ladder away from a wall killing a gallant suitor as he tries to elope with a beauty. The girls father shoots a musket at the falling man

Josephs bloody tunic presented to Jacob. Josephs jealous brothers who gave up killing him make their father Jacob
XEE4415114 Josephs bloody tunic presented to Jacob. Josephs jealous brothers who gave up killing him make their father Jacob believe his death by presenting Josephs coat covered with sheeps blood

A young American woman causes fights between her pretendants. Anonymous engraving of the 19th century
XEE4407303 A young American woman causes fights between her pretendants. Anonymous engraving of the 19th century by French School

The Silver Age or "The Effects of Jealousy"Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) 1535 Sun
LRI4620787 The Silver Age or " The Effects of Jealousy" Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) 1535 Sun

Punishment of the sexy bathing women: out of jealousy, a group of women expel bathers in swimsuits from a beach in
XEE4183788 Punishment of the sexy bathing women: out of jealousy, a group of women expel bathers in swimsuits from a beach in Brittany with brambles and nettles

Apollo and Marsyas (oil on canvas, 1618. )
LRI4607208 Apollo and Marsyas (oil on canvas, 1618.) by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666); Palatine Gallery, Pitti Palace, Florence; (add.info.: Apollo and Marsyas)

To take revenge for the infidelity of his wife, Gabrielle de Vergy, Eudes de Fayel makes him eat without his knowledge
XEE4192589 To take revenge for the infidelity of his wife, Gabrielle de Vergy, Eudes de Fayel makes him eat without his knowledge the heart of his lover, Raoul de Coucy

The Marquis of Montespan, Louis Henri (Louis-Henri) de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1640-1691), slapped his wife
XEE4192632 The Marquis of Montespan, Louis Henri (Louis-Henri) de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1640-1691), slapped his wife, the Marquise of Montespan (Francoise Athenais)

Procris impaled by the never erring javelin, Cephalus running towards her and Aurora
2646162 Procris impaled by the never erring javelin, Cephalus running towards her and Aurora and Titone on a chariot pulled by four horses, 1517-18 (fresco) by Peruzzi

Two eleven year-old boys fighting with knives over the love of a young girl (colour litho)
2782413 Two eleven year-old boys fighting with knives over the love of a young girl (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A drama on the railway (colour litho)
2818186 A drama on the railway (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A drama on the railway. The Montmoreau affair. Un drame en chemin de fer)

Procris impaled by the never erring javelin, Cephalus running towards her and Aurora
2646163 Procris impaled by the never erring javelin, Cephalus running towards her and Aurora and Titone on a chariot pulled by four horses, 1517-18 (fresco) (detail of 2646162) by Peruzzi

The Jealous Parrot, 1919 (pochoir print)
781118 The Jealous Parrot, 1919 (pochoir print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Perroquet Jaloux Illustration from La Guirlande)

Battle of the sea-gods (pen & brown ink on white paper)
CTS366761 Battle of the sea-gods (pen & brown ink on white paper) by Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506) (workshop of); 25.7x38 cm; The Devonshire Collections

Envy, from the Seven Deadly Sins, ca. 1550-55. Creator: Leon Davent
Envy, from the Seven Deadly Sins, ca. 1550-55

Hatred or Jealousy (from Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul; as they are... 1765. Creator: Anon)
Hatred or Jealousy (from Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul; as they are Expressed in the Human Countenance: Drawn by that Great Master Monsieur Le Brun), 1765

Curious Envy. Creator: Viet Chu
Curious Envy

Before the costume ball, Oil Painting on Canvas by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743)
YOU4419362 Before the costume ball, Oil Painting on Canvas by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743). Photography, KIM Youngtae, Nantes, Musee des Beaux Arts de Nantes

Abels death. Engraving in "The main facts of holy history". Epinal Imaging, 4th Series
DUV4209943 Abels death. Engraving in " The main facts of holy history". Epinal Imaging, 4th Series. Pellerin and Cie, printer-publisher, Epinal. End of the 19th century

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"Jealousy: The Green-Eyed Monster that Haunts Italy's Tragic Tales" In the enchanting land of Italy, where passion and drama intertwine, jealousy takes center stage. Just like Desdemona and Othello in Shakespeare's masterpiece or Iago's cunning manipulation, this emotion has left an indelible mark on the country's cultural heritage. Giuseppe Verdi captured the essence in his opera Otello (1887), illustrated with striking oleographs. The intensity of emotions portrayed through music and art reveals the destructive power envy holds over human hearts. From biblical narratives to satirical engravings like "Flight to Egypt, " jealousy transcends time and genre. H. M. Bateman's comical illustration aptly depicts how irrationality can consume even the most rational minds. Tales such as "The Jealous Eye" remind us that envy knows no boundaries; it infiltrates every aspect of life, including duels between captains or intimate moments when a nurse administers an enema syringe to a bedridden man. "The Jealous Devil" personifies this emotion as a malevolent force lurking within us all. Its presence is felt not only in grand operas but also in everyday encounters, as depicted by Miss Hilda Moore's captivating gaze. Even renowned works like Verdi's Trouvere or Shakespearean plays like The Winter Tale explore jealousy’s intricate web. Harlequin, Columbine, and Pierrot dance their way into our hearts while reminding us that love triangles often breed resentment. As we delve into history through paintings such as "Two’s Company, Three’s None, " we witness how they are shatter relationships beyond repair. It serves as a cautionary tale for those who dare to test its limits. Italy stands testament to humanity’s fascination with this complex emotion – from tragic tales etched onto canvases to timeless performances on grand stages.